Chords for Mischief Brew - The Lowly Carpenter
Tempo:
119 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Come labor, get ready to dance for your bread.
My son, I was once where you stand.
There's a beast with insatiable hunger.
Its minions need crafters and skilled working hands.
Needs a [G] fortress high [D] in the hilltops.
And [G] we are the great [A] chosen crew.
[D] But I [G] am a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do?
[D] [A]
[D] Oh misery, call us to rise up [Bm] at dawn.
[D] To turn [Gm] away as fast [D] as we can.
We may [Gm] be the mortar [D] that cradles [Bm] the brick.
[D] But I am [A] just one [D] grain of sand.
And don't tell [G] me of tossing [D] the wrenches.
It only [G] brings pleasure [A] and pain.
[D] And we are [G] all [D] lowly carpenters, [Bm] so [D] where we're taken [A] is where [G] we'll remain.
[A] [D]
And the master [G] shall govern [D] with [Bm] unbroken backs.
[D] Look down [G] from the top of [D] the hills.
You can cry [G] through the night just [D] as much [Bm] as you like.
[D] There will [A] always be towers [D] to build.
I could have been more than [G] some stone [D] dragging vessel.
I could be more than [G] their wood [A] cutting sleigh.
[D] But we [G] are all [D] lowly [Bm] carpenters, so [D] what have [A] we power [G] to change?
And [A] [D]
if you can't [G] take no more, then [D] get out [Bm] of the way.
[D] For we've got [G] a day to [D] get through.
We wire [G] their [D] castles, their prisons [Bm] and banks.
[D] Know their mansions from [A]
cellar [D] to roof.
We've got hammers [G] and wrenches [D] and chisels.
We could destroy any [G] great wall we [A] come through.
[D] But I am [G] a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do?
[A] [D]
My son, I was once where you stand.
There's a beast with insatiable hunger.
Its minions need crafters and skilled working hands.
Needs a [G] fortress high [D] in the hilltops.
And [G] we are the great [A] chosen crew.
[D] But I [G] am a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do?
[D] [A]
[D] Oh misery, call us to rise up [Bm] at dawn.
[D] To turn [Gm] away as fast [D] as we can.
We may [Gm] be the mortar [D] that cradles [Bm] the brick.
[D] But I am [A] just one [D] grain of sand.
And don't tell [G] me of tossing [D] the wrenches.
It only [G] brings pleasure [A] and pain.
[D] And we are [G] all [D] lowly carpenters, [Bm] so [D] where we're taken [A] is where [G] we'll remain.
[A] [D]
And the master [G] shall govern [D] with [Bm] unbroken backs.
[D] Look down [G] from the top of [D] the hills.
You can cry [G] through the night just [D] as much [Bm] as you like.
[D] There will [A] always be towers [D] to build.
I could have been more than [G] some stone [D] dragging vessel.
I could be more than [G] their wood [A] cutting sleigh.
[D] But we [G] are all [D] lowly [Bm] carpenters, so [D] what have [A] we power [G] to change?
And [A] [D]
if you can't [G] take no more, then [D] get out [Bm] of the way.
[D] For we've got [G] a day to [D] get through.
We wire [G] their [D] castles, their prisons [Bm] and banks.
[D] Know their mansions from [A]
cellar [D] to roof.
We've got hammers [G] and wrenches [D] and chisels.
We could destroy any [G] great wall we [A] come through.
[D] But I am [G] a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do?
[A] [D]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
Gm
D
G
A
_ Come _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
labor, get ready to dance for your bread.
My son, I was once where you stand.
There's a beast with insatiable hunger.
Its minions need crafters and skilled working hands.
Needs a [G] fortress high [D] in the hilltops.
_ And [G] we are the great [A] chosen crew.
_ [D] But I [G] am a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so _ [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do?
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Oh misery, call us to rise up [Bm] at dawn.
[D] To turn [Gm] away as fast [D] as we can. _
We may [Gm] be the mortar [D] that cradles [Bm] the brick.
[D] But I am [A] just one [D] grain of sand.
And don't tell [G] me of tossing [D] the wrenches.
_ _ It only [G] brings pleasure [A] and _ pain.
[D] And we are [G] all [D] lowly carpenters, [Bm] so [D] where we're taken [A] is where [G] we'll remain. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
And the master [G] shall govern [D] with [Bm] unbroken backs.
[D] Look down [G] from the top of [D] the hills.
You can cry [G] through the night just [D] as much [Bm] as you like.
[D] There will [A] always be towers [D] to build.
I could have been more than [G] some stone [D] dragging vessel.
I could be more than [G] their wood [A] cutting sleigh.
_ [D] But we [G] are all [D] lowly [Bm] carpenters, so [D] what have [A] we power [G] to change?
_ And _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
if you can't [G] take no more, then [D] get out [Bm] of the way.
[D] For we've got [G] a day to [D] get through.
_ _ We wire [G] their [D] castles, their prisons [Bm] and banks.
[D] Know their mansions from [A]
cellar [D] to roof.
_ We've got hammers [G] and wrenches [D] and chisels.
We could destroy any [G] great wall we [A] come _ through. _
_ _ _ [D] But I am [G] a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so _ [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do? _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
labor, get ready to dance for your bread.
My son, I was once where you stand.
There's a beast with insatiable hunger.
Its minions need crafters and skilled working hands.
Needs a [G] fortress high [D] in the hilltops.
_ And [G] we are the great [A] chosen crew.
_ [D] But I [G] am a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so _ [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do?
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Oh misery, call us to rise up [Bm] at dawn.
[D] To turn [Gm] away as fast [D] as we can. _
We may [Gm] be the mortar [D] that cradles [Bm] the brick.
[D] But I am [A] just one [D] grain of sand.
And don't tell [G] me of tossing [D] the wrenches.
_ _ It only [G] brings pleasure [A] and _ pain.
[D] And we are [G] all [D] lowly carpenters, [Bm] so [D] where we're taken [A] is where [G] we'll remain. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
And the master [G] shall govern [D] with [Bm] unbroken backs.
[D] Look down [G] from the top of [D] the hills.
You can cry [G] through the night just [D] as much [Bm] as you like.
[D] There will [A] always be towers [D] to build.
I could have been more than [G] some stone [D] dragging vessel.
I could be more than [G] their wood [A] cutting sleigh.
_ [D] But we [G] are all [D] lowly [Bm] carpenters, so [D] what have [A] we power [G] to change?
_ And _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
if you can't [G] take no more, then [D] get out [Bm] of the way.
[D] For we've got [G] a day to [D] get through.
_ _ We wire [G] their [D] castles, their prisons [Bm] and banks.
[D] Know their mansions from [A]
cellar [D] to roof.
_ We've got hammers [G] and wrenches [D] and chisels.
We could destroy any [G] great wall we [A] come _ through. _
_ _ _ [D] But I am [G] a [D] lowly [Bm] carpenter, so _ [D] what [A] have I power [G] to do? _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _