If I Were A Carpenter (Diatonic)

by The Four Tops / Bobby Darin · posted by aussie

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

1.
-7 -7  7 -8  -8 7 7       7   7   -8  8  8-8
If I Were A Carpenter    and you were a lady
 -7   -7  -7 -6   6 -6 6 -5
Would you marry  me any-way?
  5     5   6  -6 -6 6
Would you have my baby?
 6 -7 7 -8   -8   7   7
If a tinker were my trade
  7   -8    8     8  -8
Would you still love me?
-7 -7 -6  6   -6  6  -5    5  5 6   -6 -6  6
Carrying the pots I made following behind me
CHORUS
 -9  -9   9    -10    9 -8  -8
Save my love through loneliness
 7    7  -8   8   -8 -7
Save my love for sorrow
 -7   -7-7  7  -8  -8  7 7
I`ve given you my ownliness
  6    6   6   6   6   -6 -6 6
Come and give me your to-morrow
2.
If I worked my hands in wood 
Would you still love me?
Answer me babe "yes I would
I`d put you above me"
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
Would you miss your coloured box
Your soft shoes shining?
REPEAT CHORUS

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound