House Carpenter chords by 
Nickel Creek 
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Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
F#m
A
F#m
F#sus2
F#m
F#sus2
F#m
A
F#m
D
A
F#m
D
F#m
F#sus2
Well
Verse 1
met,
F#m
F#sus2
well met said an old true love
F#
F#sus2
Well met, well met said he
F#m
E
I've just returned from the salt,
C#m
salt sea
D
C#m
And it's all for the love
F#
F#sus2
of thee
F#m
Come in, come in ,
F#sus2
my old true love
F#m
F#sus2
And have a seat by me
F#m
E
It's been three-fourths of of a long,
F#sus4
F#sus2
long year
F#m
D
F#m
Since to gether we have been
F#sus2
Interlude 1
F#m
C#m
D
F#m
F#sus2
I
Verse 2
F#m
can't come in and
F#sus2
I can't sit down
F#
F#sus4
For I've only a mo ment
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F#sus2
s time
F#m
They say you're married
E
C#m
to a house carpenter
D
E
And your heart will never
C#m
F#m
F#sus2
be mine
F#
F#m
I could have married the kings
F#sus2
daughter fair
F#
F#sus2
And she would have mar ried me
F#m
But I have forsaken her
F#sus4
C#m
crowns of gold
D
F#m
F#
And it's all for the love of thee
Interlude 2
F#sus2
F#
F#sus2
F#
F#sus2
F#sus4
F#sus2
C#m
D
C#m
F#sus2
Verse 3
C#m
Now will you forsake your
F#
F#sus2
house carpen ter
F#
F#sus2
And go along with me
F#m
F#
E
I'll take you where the grass
C#m
grows green
D
On the banks of the deep
C#m
F#
F#sus2
blue sea
F#
F#m
Then she picked up her
F#sus2
darling little babe
F#
F#sus2
F#
And kisses she gave it three
F#sus2
F#
F#m
Say ing stay right here,
C#m
my darling little babe
D
F#m
And keep your papa com pany
Interlude 3
F#
F#sus2
F#m
F#sus2
F#
F#m
F#sus2
F#m
D
F#m
F#sus2
F#
Verse 4
F#
F#m
F#sus2
They had not been on the ship 2 weeks
F#
F#sus2
F#
F#sus2
I'm sure it was not three
F#m
When the old true love began
C#m
to weep and to mourn
D
C#m
F#m
And she wept most bit terly
F#sus2
F#
Saying are you weeping for
F#m
F#sus2
my silver and my gold
F#
Saying are you weeping
F#sus2
for my store
F#m
Or are you weeping for
E
C#m
your house carpen ter
D
C#m
F#m
F#
Whose face you'll never see no more
Verse 5
F#
F#m
A curse, a curse to the sailor
F#sus2
she cried
F#
F#sus2
A curse, a curse she swore
F#m
F#
You robbed me of
F#m
E
C#m
my darling little babe
D
C#m
That I shall never see
F#m
F#sus2
no more
F#
F#m
They had not been on the ship
F#sus2
F#
three weeks
F#sus2
F#
F#sus2
I'm sure it was not four
F#m
When there came a leak
F#sus4
C#m
on the bot tom of the ship
D
C#m
F#m
And sank them for to rise no more
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m A F#sus2 D F#...
F#m
A
F#sus2
D
F#
E
C#m
F#sus4
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