The Carpenter
The Avett Brothers
This is a collection of chords from the latest effort by the Avett Brothers titled ’The Carpenter’ (2012) The following are all 12 songs as tabbed by a variety of UG members. Each body of work belongs to its’ respectful owner and credit is given to each contributing work. Artist: The Avett Brothers Album: The Carpenter (2012) Tracks: 1. The Once and Future Carpenter (EADGBE CAPO 4) 2. Live and Die (EADGBE CAPO 4) 3. Winter In My Heart (EADGBE) 4. Pretty Girl From Michigan (EADGBE) 5. I Never Knew You (EADGBE CAPO 2) 6. February Seven (EADGBE CAPO 4) 7. Through My Prayers (EADGBE CAPO 3) 8. Down With the Shine (EADGBE) 9. A Father’s First Spring (EADGBE CAPO 4) 10.Geraldine (EADGBE) 11.Paul Newman Vs. The Demons (EADGBE) 12.Life (EADGBE CAPO 4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Once and Future Carpenter Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: I_am_Billiam Cool Intro Riff e|-------------------------------------------------------0------| B|--1-3-1-0-1-0---0--------------------------------------1------| G|--------------2---2-0-2-0---0----------------0---------0------| D|--------------------------2---2-0-2-0---0h1h2--0-------2------| A|--------------------------------------3----------3-2-3-3------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1 I ain’t from Texas but I made my way from Dallas and I know the lonesome sound is following I ain’t a gambler but I can recognize a hand and when to hold when queens are staring back at me. Interlude e|--------0--------0----| B|--------1--------0----| G|--------2--------0----| D|--------2--------2----| A|-3-2-0--0--------2----| E|-----------3-2-0-0----|x3 - - Verse 2 (Use chords from first verse). Once I was a carpenter man my hands were calloused I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight But I took to the highway a poet young and hungry and I left the timbers where they lay Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me and when I lose my direction I’ll look up to the sky and when the black cloak drags upon the ground I’ll be ready to surrender and remember well we’re all in this together If I live the life I’m given I wont be scared to die Verses 3+4. (Same as first two.) And I don’t come from Detroit but her diesel motors pull me and I followed till I finally lost my way And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose And if I ever pass back through here town I’ll stay Chorus 2 (Same as first). Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me and when I lose my direction I’ll look up to the sky and when the black cloak drags upon the ground I’ll be ready to surrender and remember well we’re all in this together If I live the life I’m given I won’t be scared to die (Interlude again then that cool little riff). And my life is but a coin pulled from an empty pocket Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind And hope and fear go with it and moon and the sun go spinning Like the numbers and fruits before my eyes Bridge Sometimes I hit sometimes it robs me blind Sometimes I hit sometimes it robs me blind Chorus 3 (Same as first two). Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me and when I lose my direction I’ll look up to the sky and when the black cloak drags upon the ground I’ll be ready to surrender and remember well we’re all in this together If I live the life I’m given I won’t be scared to die ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Live and Die Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: hopefor2013 Intro: . . . . x 2 All it will take is just one moment and you can say goodbye to how we had it planned Fear like a habit run like a rabbit out and away through the screen door to the unknown and I want to love you and more I want to find you and more can you tell that I am alive let me prove it. Chorus: You and I we’re the same live and die we’re the same hear my voice know my name you and I we’re the same Verse II Live like a pharaoh sing like a sparrow anyway even if there is no land or love in sight we bloom like roses lead like moses out and away through the bitter crowd to the daylight Pre-chorus and I want to love you and more I want to find you and more can you tell that I am alive let me prove it to ya. Chorus II You and I we’re the same live and die we’re the same you rejoice I complain but you and I we’re the same live and die we’re the same you and I we’re the same hear my voice know my name you and I we’re the same . . . . x 2 Pre-chorus I want to love you and more I want to find you and more where do you reside when you hide how can I find ya cause I wanna save you and more I wanna tempt you and more can you tell that I am alive let me prove it You and I we’re the same live and die we’re the same you rejoice I complain but you and I we’re the same live and die we’re the same you and I we’re the same hear my voice know my name you and I you and I . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Winter In My Heart Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Johncoyne It must be Winter in my heart There’s nothing warm in there at all. I’ve missed the Summer and the Spring The floating yellow leaves of fall. A million colors fill my eyes The roman candles and the stars. calendar says July Fourth But it’s still Winter in my heart. they say flowers bloom in spring Red and gold and blue and pink. They say seasons turn in time theirs are changing why won’t mine. It must be winter in my heart there’s nothing warm in there at all. I’ve missed the Summer and the Spring The floating yellow leaves of fall. The air in there is frigid cold I don’t know what the reasons are. Calendar says August One But it’s still Winter in My Heart. Theremin (?) Solo - - - they say flowers bloom in spring Red and gold and blue and pink. They say seasons turn in time theirs are changing why won’t mine. It must be Winter in my heart It must be Winter in my heart It must be Winter in my heart It must be Winter in my heart I don’t know what the reasons are It must be Winter in my heart It must be Winter in my heart It must be Winter in my heart I don’t know what the reasons are It must be Winter in my heart It must be Winter in my heart End on F#m. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Pretty Girl From Michigan Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Johncoyne Can you not see what you’ve done? You gave your heart away like that. I didn’t want to fall in love with anyone but you dear. I can still hear the song the melody behind the kiss you gave me you were wrong I was right so I walked away and left you there alone I got so tired of talking on the telephone how many times would we say the words "Good bye?" RIFF* I made mistakes and one was telling you that I’d be there when telling time (?) had come I should have said I didn’t care. All the time I would have saved If I had been less willing to accommodate you’d been a little less likely to cry. RIFF* You go back to the high life and I’ll go back to the low. I should have known But now I know. There’ll be no word from you describing how it felt to go through what I put you through It all makes perfect sense the way you cut the rope that kept you dangling from such pitiful amounts of hope I would have cut it too. RIFF ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. I Never Knew You Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: horsescreamer INTRO CHORUS Well I guess it’s kinda funny how I loved you so way back when. You say I wouldn’t know you now Well I didn’t even know you then. We take (we take) A lot (A lot) And no one here can stop That train (that train) Before (before) It gets to where it’s goin’. And aaaahhh CHORUS Well I guess it’s kinda funny how I loved you so way back when. You say I wouldn’t know you now Well I didn’t even know you then. I heard (I heard) About (about) The company you’re keeping And from (and from) Someone (someone) Who didn’t have much interest In keeping us apart. CHORUS Well I guess it’s kinda funny how I loved you so way back when. You say I wouldn’t know you now Well I didn’t even know you then. And so I go out friday night and talk to anyone I can. If they can see me they can hear me run my mouth. I tell them all I’d love to see you once again Or maybe just run into you hanging out Hanging out. You know (you know) I lie (I lie) So it comes as no surprise When I (When I) Can’t hide (Can’t hide) Don’t really want to reunite. Chorus Well I guess it’s kinda funny how I loved you so way back when. You say I wouldn’t know you now Well I didn’t even know you then. Well I guess it’s kinda funny how I loved you so way back when. You say I wouldn’t know you now Well I didn’t even know you then. No I didn’t even know you then. No I didn’t even know you then. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. February Seven Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: agentguerry Intro: / / X2 Verse: I went on the search for something true I was almost there when I found you Sooner then my fate was wrote A perfect blade it slit my throat And beads of lust released into the air When I awoke you were standing there Break: / / X2 Verse: I was on the mend when I fell through The sky around was anything but blue I found as I regained my feet A wound across my memory That no amount of stitches would repair But I awoke and you were standing there Break: / X2 Chorus: There’s no fortune at the end of the road that has no end There’s no returning to the spoils Once you’ve spoiled the thought of them There’s no falling back asleep Once you’ve wakened from the dream Now I’m rested and I’m ready I’m rested and I’m ready to begin I’m ready to begin Break: / / Verse: I went on the search for something real Traded what I know for how I feel But the ceiling and the walls collapsed Upon the darkness I was trapped And as the last of breath was drawn from me The light broke in and brought me to my feet Break: / / Chorus: There’s no fortune at the end of the road that has no end There’s no returning to the spoils Once you’ve spoiled the thought of them There’s no falling back asleep Once you’ve wakened from the dream Now I’m rested and I’m ready I’m rested and I’m ready Yeah I’m rested and I’m ready I’m rested and I’m ready Yeah I’m rested and I’m ready I’m rested and I’m ready N.C. To begin Break: / I’m ready to begin. End: / / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Through My Prayers Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 3 Tabbed By: lanster47 intro e-----3h5h3-------------------------------------------------------------| B--3p5-----55h3---------------------------------------------------------| G-5--------------2/4/2-5-2h0--------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| e-----3h5h3--------------5h3--------------------------------------------| B--3p5-----55h3---------------------------------------------------------| -5--------------2/4/2-5------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse pattern) Hard to believe I won’t see you again We were just fighting when winter began The coldness of our words competing with the wind from the north. Still they make me shiver but in a very different way The pages of the calendar kept turning away I have some better words now but it’s too late to say them to you. My dream of all dreams and my hope of all hopes Is only to tell you and make sure you know How much I love you and how much I always did. And yes I know you loved me I can see it in your eyes And it was in your struggle and it was in your mind And it was in the smile you gave me when I was a kid (Chorus) Feels like no one understands And now my only chance To talk to you is through my prayers. I only wanted to tell you I cared (Verse pattern) Every night after and every day since I found myself crying when the memory hit. Sometimes it knocks me down sometimes I just put it away. Down in my mind where I don’t care to go The pain of a lesson is letting me know If you have love in your heart let it show while you can Yes now I understand But now my only chance To talk to you is through my prayers. I only wanted to tell you I cared. I only wanted to tell you I cared. (Outro Repeat intro rift) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Down With the Shine Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Unregistered & Macheeoo Chorus: Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine Verse 1: It’s in with the new; out with the old; out with the warm and in comes the cold It’s the most predictable story told ... in with the young out with the old Chorus: Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine Verse 2: belly full of high dollar wine... fat hand fat wallet too Things change and get strange with the movement of time - it’s happening right now to you Chorus: Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine Bridge It’s a real bad time to bring up the truth Tough we searched we found no fountain of youth Not in Spain No where near - any where close to here Verse 3: Nothings good because nothing lasts And all that comes it comes here to pass I would voice my pain but the change wouldn’t last All that comes it comes here to pass Chorus: Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. A Father’s First Spring Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: Unregistered INTRO |---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0-4---0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-0-2/4-2-0-2--0-2-4-2-0----2-----------------------------------| |-------------------------2-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| G|--5-4-5/7-5-4-2-0----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| VERSE Sweetest surrender of winter She put up her flag it is waving The thunder of summer is rumbling in And I haven’t seen you in days And my how that feeling has changed Oh I have been homesick for you since we met I have been homesick for you INTRO VERSE I’ve got to take to the sky And I’ll tell you what that means for you and I If I die it’s for you If I die it’s for you I never lived ’til I lived in your light And my heart never beat like it does at the sight Of you baby blue God blessed your life I do not live ’less I live in your light I do not live ’less I live in your light |---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0--4h5-4-0-4---0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| The realest thing I ever felt Was the blood on the floor and the love in your yell I was a child before The day that I met Eleanor SOLO e|--2/3-----2------------------3/5----3--------------------------| B|------3-0---3-------------------5-1---3------------------------| G|--------------2-2/4----0-----------------4-5---4h5p4/2p0-------| |-------------------------4-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| e|--2/3-----2------------------3/5----3--------------------------| B|------3-0---3-------------------5-1---3------------------------| G|--------------2-2/4----0-----------------4-5-4-5-7-5-4-0-------| |-------------------------4-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| Kiss of the wind in the hill The clearness of morning the late evening thrill Blurry and gray like the roar The wheels on the highway above them I soar When I’m in the sweet daughter’s eyes My heart is now ruined for the rest of all time There’s no part of it left to give There’s no part of it left to give I never lived ’til I lived in your light And my heart never beat like it does at the sight Of you baby blue God blessed your life I do not live ’less I live in your light I do not live ’less I live in your light I do not live |---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4h5-4-0-4-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.Geraldine Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Interivan7 Intro: F Bb x3 f...... here you play an f chord following the rythim on the song. verse: I come from a place Where every name And every place Seem so familiar In came this progress In her black dress Look at the mess She is a killer chorus: Much like you and I And every case that’s made There has to be a traitor verse: It’s me this time And I’m trading fun for right Will I regret the notion later? --. (here you play the note as sounds at the intro) Geraldine’s the name that comes to mind When I go back to reminiscing Abilene’s a woman for my childhood I spent the evenings kissing chorus: I’m a fool for treating her alive And loving something cold and rocky verse: The homophobic gentlemen They’ll barricade but their efforts couldn’t stop me chorus: In came this progress In her black dress Look at the mess She is a killer In came this progress In her black dress Look at the mess She is a killer In came this progress In her black dress Look at the mess She is a killer Oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.Paul Newman Vs. The Demons Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Macheeoo Tuning: Standard Intro: (faint barred acoustic guitar) e|----8-----7-----7-----7------| B|----8-----7-----8-----7------| G|----9-----8-----9-----8------| D|----10----9-----9-----9------| A|----10----9-----7-----9------| E|----8-----7-----X-----7------| Verse: Electric Guitar part e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---33-333-33-333---22-222-22-222---77-777-77-777---22-222-22-222-------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| x4 Acoustic Guitar verse e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------8----8---------8----8--------7---7---7---7-8-7-----------------------| G|-----9----9----9----9----9----9---8---8---8----------8---------------------| D|---10---10---10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9---------9-------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | e|-----7---7-------7---7-----------------------------------------------------| B|----8---8---8---8---8---8----------7---7---7----7-8-7----------------------| G|---9---9---9---9---9---9----------8---8---8-----------8--------------------| D|---------------------------------9---9---9---9----------9------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus: Electric Guitar part 1 e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|---2---7---9-------------------2---| A|---2---7---9-------------------2---| E|---0---5---7---7-8-7-5-7-5-3-2-0---| x2 Chorus: Electric Guitar part 2 e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|---2---9---10--5-4-----------------| A|---2---9---10--5-4-----------------| E|---0---7---8---3-2-----------------| x2 Repeat Verse Repeat Chorus Repeat Quite Verse Repeat LOUD Chorus Lyrics: You may have to drag me away from my demons Kicking and screaming It’s been so long now I’ve been with them Don’t know where they stop and I begin We draw a line in the sand Will you cross it? Oh will you die for this? Got nothing to tell you that you don’t Through your sadness below already know Yeah yeah yeah Live through the past again How many times must I live through the past again? No more Truth beyond truth and by our design It is very fine like Newman’s wine Oh to be like him and walk a path To lend a hand do something worth a damn Yeah yeah yeah Live through the past again How many times must I live through the past again? No more wait You may have to drag me away from my demons Kicking and screaming Yeah yeah yeah Live through the past again How many times must I live through the past again? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.Life Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed By: darkhorse09 Intro: (Repeat once) One comes of it love it love it Let go of it love comes from it We’re not of this world for long. Faith and promise keep me honest When starvation falls upon us Daylight told me he would be. Gone with cold words spoke among hers Wretched is the tongue of their world We’re not of that world at all We will never be. Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behind the words we say in the best of times? Oh and you and I know all too well about the hell and paradise right here on Earth. Keep it use it Build it move it Flames can’t touch how time will prove it Watch us fly as loud as we can Let her heart beat Change what I am now. Wouldn’t it be fine to stand behind the words we say in the best of times? Oh and you and I know all too well about the hell and paradise right here on Earth. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- END!
