House Carpenter chords by Tony Rice
Verse 1
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Em
Well met, well met,
said an old true love
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Em
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Well met, well met, said he
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Em
I've just returned from the salt,
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salt sea,
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and it's all for the love of thee.
Em
Come in, come in my home true love,
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Em
and have a sit by me.
It's been three -fourths of a long,
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long year
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Em
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Since together we have been
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I can't come in and I
can't sit down
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Em
For of only a moment's time
They say you're married
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to a house carpenter
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And your heart will never be
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mine
Well, I could have married
the king's daughter fair
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And she would
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have married me
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But I have forsaken her
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crowns of gold,
Em
And it's all for the love of
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thee.
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Now will you forsaken
your house carpenter
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And go along with me?
I'll take you to where the
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grass grows green,
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on the banks of the deep
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blue sea.
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Then she picked up her
darlin' little babe,
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and kisses she gave it three,
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saying,
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Stay right here, my darlin' little babe
Em
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And keep your papa company
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They had not been on the
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ship two weeks
Em
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I'm sure it was not three
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Till his true love began to
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weep and to mourn
Em
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And she wept most bitterly
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Sayin' are you a -weepin' for
my silver and my gold?
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Em
Sayin' are you a -weepin' for my store?
Or are you a -weepin' for that
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house carpenter
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Whose face you'll never see
Am
Em
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no more?
Em
A curse, curse to the
sailor she cried
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A curse, a curse she swore
You've robbed me of my
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sweet little babe
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That I shall never see no more
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They had not been on the ship
three weeks
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I'm sure it was night four
Till there came a leak in the
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bottom of the ship
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And it sank on ford arise no more
House Carpenter
Tony Rice
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