House Carpenter chords by Nickel Creek
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Intro 1
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (Esus2) (E minor) (Esus2) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (E minor)
(Esus2) Well
Verse 1
met,
well (E minor) met said an old true love (Esus2)
Well met, well met said (E major) he (Esus2)
(E minor) I've just returned from the salt, (D major)
salt (B minor) sea
And it's (C major) all for the (B minor) love
of (E major) thee (Esus2)
Come in, come in (E minor) ,
my old true love (Esus2)
And have a seat (E minor) by (Esus2) me
(E minor) It's been three-fourths of of a long, (D major)
(Esus4) long (Esus2) year
(E minor) Since to (C major) gether we (E minor) have been
(Esus2)
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Interlude 1
(E minor) (B minor) (C major) (E minor)
(Esus2) I
Verse 2
can't come in (E minor) and
I can't sit down (Esus2)
For I've only (E major) a mo (Esus4) ment
(E major) s time (Esus2)
They say (E minor) you're married
to a house (D major) (B minor) carpenter
And your (C major) heart will (D major) never
be (B minor) (E minor) mine (Esus2)
I could (E major) have married the kings (E minor)
daughter fair (Esus2)
And (E major) she would have married (Esus2) me
(E minor) But I have forsaken her
crowns (Esus4) of gold (B minor)
And (C major) it's all for the love (E minor) of thee (E major)
Interlude 2
(Esus2) (E major) (Esus2)
(E major) (Esus2) (Esus4) (Esus2) (B minor)
(C major) (B minor) (Esus2)
Verse 3
Now will (B minor) you forsake your
house carpen (E major) ter (Esus2)
And go along (E major) (Esus2) with me
I'll (E minor) take you (E major) where the grass (D major)
(B minor) grows green
On the (C major) banks of the deep
(B minor) blue (E major) sea (Esus2)
Then she (E major) picked (E minor) up her
darling little babe (Esus2)
And (E major) kisses she gave (Esus2) it three (E major)
(Esus2) Say (E major) ing stay (E minor) right here,
my darling little (B minor) babe
And keep (C major) your papa company (E minor)
Interlude 3
(E major) (Esus2) (E minor)
(Esus2) (E major) (E minor) (Esus2) (E minor)
(C major) (E minor) (Esus2) (E major)
Verse 4
They (E major) had not (E minor) been on the ship 2 weeks (Esus2)
I'm (E major) sure it was (Esus2) not three (E major) (Esus2)
When the old (E minor) true love began
to weep and to (B minor) mourn
And she (C major) wept most (B minor) bit terly (E minor)
(Esus2) Saying (E major) are you weeping for
my silver (E minor) and my gold (Esus2)
Saying (E major) are you weeping
for my store (Esus2)
Or (E minor) are you weeping for
your house (D major) carpen (B minor) ter
Whose (C major) face you'll never see (B minor) no (E minor) more (E major)
Verse 5
A (E major) curse, a curse (E minor) to the sailor
she cried (Esus2)
(E major) A curse, a curse she swore (Esus2)
(E minor) You robbed me (E major) of
(E minor) my darling (D major) little (B minor) babe
That (C major) I shall never see (B minor)
no more (E minor) (Esus2)
They (E major) had not (E minor) been on the ship
three weeks (Esus2) (E major)
(Esus2) I'm (E major) sure it was not four (Esus2)
(E minor) When there came a leak
on the bot (Esus4) tom of the ship (B minor)
And (C major) sank them for to (B minor) rise no more (E minor)
House Carpenter
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