House Carpenter Chords by Joan Baez

[Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well met, [Bb] well met, [Cm] my own true love.
Well met, [Bb] well met, cried [Cm] he.
_ _ _ I've just [Eb] _
returned [Bb] from the salt, [Gm] salt sea, [Cm]
all [Bb] for the love [Cm] of thee. _
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I could [Bb] have married [Cm] the king's daughter, dear, she [Bb] would have [Cm] married _ me.
_ But I [Eb] have forsaken her [Bb] _ [Gm] crowns of gold, [Cm] all [G] for the love [Cm] of thee.
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Well if you [Bb] could have married the [Cm] king's daughter, dear, I'm [Bb] sure you are [Cm] to blame.
_ _ For [Eb] I am married to [Bb] a house _ [Gm] carpenter, [Cm] I find him [Bb] a nice [Cm] young man. _ _ _ _ _ _
Ah, will you [Bb] _ forsake [Cm] your house carpenter _ and [Bb] go along [Cm] with me?
_ I'll [Eb] take you to [Bb] where the grass [Gm] grows green, [Cm] to the [G] banks of the salt, [Cm] salt sea. _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ Well if I [Bb] should forsake my [Cm] house carpenter _ and go [Bb] _ along [Cm] with me,
_ what have [Eb] you got [Gm] to maintain me on [Cm] and keep [Bb] me from _ [Cm] poverty? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Six ships, [Bb] six ships [Cm] all out on the sea, seven [Bb] more upon [Cm] dry _ _ land.
One [Eb] hundred and ten [Bb] all brave [Gm] sailor men, [Cm] they [G] lift you [Cm] up on land.
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ She [Bb] picket up [Cm] her owie, _ babe, [Bb] kisses gave [Cm] him three.
_ _ So stay [Eb] right here with [Gm] my house _ carpenter, [Cm] keep [G] him good [Cm] company. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And she [Bb] put it on [Cm] her rich attire, so [Bb] glorious to [Cm] behold. _ _ _
And [Eb] as she trod [Bb] along [Gm] the way, [Cm] she swung [G] like the _ [Cm] glittering gold.
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ Well they'd [Bb] not been gone [Cm] but about two weeks, I know [Bb] it was not [Cm] three. _
_ _ Then this [Eb] fair [Bb] lady began [Gm] to weep, [Cm] she [G] wept most _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ bitterly.
_ _ _ Ah, why do [Bb] you weep, my [Cm] friend, _ _ weep [Bb] for your golden [Cm] store? _ _
Or [Eb] do you weep [Bb] for your house [G]
carpenter, [Cm] who never you [Bb] shall see [Cm] anymore?
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I do [Bb] not weep for [Cm] my house carpenter or for [Bb] any golden [Cm] store.
_ _ I [Eb] do weep [Bb] for my [Gm] family, [Cm] babe, never [G] I shall see [Cm] anymore. _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ Well they'd not [Bb] been gone but [Cm] about three weeks, I'm [Bb] sure it was not [Cm] four. _
Our _ [Eb] gallant ship [Bb] sprang a leak and [Gm] sank, [Cm] never [G] to rise [Cm]
anymore. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
One [Bb] time around spun [Cm] our gallant ship, two times [Bb] around spun [Cm] she,
_ _ three [Eb] times around [Gm] _ spun ship, [Cm] sank [G] to the bottom [Cm] of the _ _ sea.
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What hills, [Bb] what hills [Cm] are those, my love, that [Bb] rise so [Cm] high?
_ _ _ _ Those [Eb] are the hills [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Cm] when you are [G] _ _ [Cm] _ mine.
_ _ _ _ _ And what [Bb] hills, what [Cm] hills are those, my love, those [Bb] hills so _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ tall?
Those [Eb] are the hills _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] when [G] you are _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ mine. _