The Ballad Of The Carpenter

Am


[VERSE 1]
Am          G       Am
Jesus was a working man
Am         G        Am
And a hero you will hear
Am          G       Am    E
Born in the town of Bethlehem
        Am     C      G
At the turning of the year
       E7             Am
At the turning of the year


[VERSE 2]
Am               G      Am
When Jesus was a little lad
Am           G        Am
Streets rang with his name
Am            G        Am    E
For he argued with the older men
Am           C      G
And put them all to shame
   E7              Am
He put them all to shame


[VERSE 3]
Am                    G      Am
He became a wandering journeyman
Am              G       Am
And he traveled far and wide
Am                 G          Am   E
And he noticed how wealth and poverty
     Am     C       G
Live always side by side
     E7             Am
Live always side by side


[VERSE 4]
Am                   G       Am
So he said "Come you working men
Am          G       Am
Farmers and weavers too
Am           G    Am       E
If you would only stand as one
     Am    C       G
This world belongs to you
E7                 Am
This world belongs to you"


[VERSE 5]
Am                               G             Am
When the rich men heard what the carpenter had done
Am           G           Am
To the Roman troops they ran
Am              G     Am    E
Saying put this rebel Jesus down
Am               C       G
He's a menace to God and man
       E7                Am
He's a menace to God and man


[VERSE 6]
Am                   G         Am
The commander of the occupying troops
Am   G                   Am
Just laughed and then he said
Am         G                Am         E
"There's a cross to spare on Calvaries Hill
       Am      C     G
By the weekend he'll be dead
       E7               Am
By the weekend he'll be dead"


[VERSE 7]
Am                G        Am
Now Jesus walked among the poor
Am                G       Am
For the poor were his own kind
Am                   G        Am     E
And they'd never let them get near enough
   Am       C      G
To take him from behind
   E7              Am
To take him from behind


[VERSE 8]
Am                       G       Am
So they hired one of the traders trade
Am     G            Am
And an informer was he
Am              G              Am       E
And he sold his brother to the butchers men
       Am        C      G
For a fistful of silver money
       E7               Am
For a fistful of silver money


[VERSE 9]
Am                   G      Am
And Jesus sat in the prison cell
Am                    G           Am
And they beat him and offered him bribes
Am            G            Am     E
To desert the cause of his fellow man
    Am           C          G
And work for the rich men's tribe
   E7                      Am
To work for the rich men's tribe


[VERSE 10]
Am                         G      Am
And the sweat stood out on Jesus' brow
Am                G      Am
And the blood was in his eye
Am                   G           Am    E
When they nailed his body to the Roman cross
         Am              C           G
And they laughed as they watched him die
     E7                          Am
They laughed as they watched him die


[VERSE 11]
Am                      G          Am
Two thousand years have passed and gone
Am     G    Am
Many a hero too
Am               G         Am    E
But the dream of this poor carpenter
  Am           C        G
Remains in the hands of you
   E7                   Am
Remains in the hands of you