01. If I Were a Carpenter - Leon Russell - Stop All That Jazz (Hank Wilson) Chords

_ If I [C] was a carpenter [G] and you [D] were a lady, would you marry [Em] me anyway?
[G] Would you have [D] my baby?
If a tinker [C] was my trade, [G] would you tinker [D] with me?
Would you keep [Em] the vows we [G] made, following [D] behind me?
And if I [C] was Jesus [G] and I built [D] some crosses, could you see [C] the future?
Could you stand [D] the losses of loving [G] a carpenter, being [D] a lady, and taking [C] a chance on me, just to be [D] my baby?
_ _ [Dm] Save [Em] my love [D] through loneliness, _ _ [Dm] save [G] my love through [D]
sorrow, yes.
[Dm] _ [Em] I'll give you [D] my holiness, [F] if just give me [D] your sorrow, yes.
[Bm] _ If I [C] was a rock [G] star, would you be [D] my groupie?
Would you make [C] sweet love to me, come to [D] California?
Well, I might [C] go crazy, [G] I [D] have to warn you.
Well, I get [C] so mean sometimes, when the [D] spirit's on me, that I [C] think I'm Jesus, [G] out [D] building crosses.
Could you see [C] the future?
Could you [D] stand the losses of [C] loving a carpenter, _ [D] being a lady, and [C] taking a chance on [G] me, just to be [D] my baby? _ _
Save [Em] my love [D] through [Dm] loneliness, _ save [G] my love through [D] sorrow, yes.
[Dm] _ _
[G] I'll give you [D] my holiness, [Dm] if you'll only [F] give me [C] your [D] sorrow, _ _ _ [A] yes.
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_ If [C] I was a carpenter, [G] you [D] were a lady, would you [C] marry me [G] anyway?
Would you [D] have my baby, if I [C] think it was my [G] trade?
Would you [D] still love me, would you [C] keep the vows we [G] made, following [D]
behind me?
And [C] I was Jesus, [G] and I [D] built some crosses.
Could you [C] see the future?
[D] Could you stand the losses of [C] loving a carpenter, [G] _ [D] being a lady, would you [C] take a chance on [G] me?
Would you [D] be my baby?
Come [C] take a chance on [G] me, won't you [D] come lay with me?
Come [C] take a chance [G] on me, won't you [D] be my baby?
Won't you [C] take a chance on [G] me, won't you [D] be my baby?
Won't you [C] take a chance on [G] me, won't you [D] be my baby?
_ [F] _ [Em] Oh, baby, [D] _
oh, baby, [C] _ oh, [D] oh, oh.
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