House Carpenter Chords by Tony Rice

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_ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well met, well met said an old true love
Well met, well met said he
_ I've just returned from the [D] salt, salt sea
And [Em] it's all for the love of thee
_ _ _ Come _ _ in, come in my old true love _
And have a sit by me
[B] It's been three [Em]-fourths of a [Bm] long, long year
Since [Em] together [Bm] we [E] have been
_ _ I _ _ _ can't come in and I [B] can't sit _ [Em] down
For only a moment's _ [B] time
[Em] They say [Bm] you're married [E] to a [D] house carpenter
And [E] your heart will [D] never [Em] be mine
_ Well _ _ _ I could have married the king's daughter, Faire _
And she would have married _ me
[B] [Em] But I have forsaken her [F#m] crowns of gold
And it's [Em] all for the [Bm] love [Em] of thee
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_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now will you forsaken your house carpenter
_ _ And go _ along with me
[B] [Em] I'll take you to where the [D] grass grows green
[Em] On the banks of the deep blue sea
_ _ _ Then _ _ she picked up her darling little babe
_ And kisses she gave it three
_ Saying stay right here my [D] darling little babe
[Em] And keep your papa _ company
_ They _ _ _ _ had not been on the [B] ship two _ [Em]
weeks
I'm sure it was not three
_ Till this true love began to [F#] weep and to [D] mourn
And [Em] she wept most _ _ bitterly
_ _ _ _ Saying are you weeping for my silver and my gold _
_ Saying are you weeping for my storm
Or are you [Bm] weeping [E] for that [D] house carpenter
[E] Whose face you'll never see no [Em]
more _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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A curse, a curse to the sailor she cried
A _ curse, a curse she _ swore
You've robbed [Bm] me [Em] of my [D] sweet little [Em] babe
That I shall never see no more
_ They _ _ _ had not been on the ship three weeks
_ I'm sure it was not four
_ Till there [Bm] came a [Em] leak in the [Bm] bottom of the ship
And [Em] it's ain't come for to rise no more
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
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