House Carpenter chords by Tony Rice

SimplifiedEm · Esus4 · D · Am

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Esus4
D
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Verse 1
Em 
Esus4 
Em 
 (E minor)  (Esus4)  (E minor) Well met, well met,
said an old true love
Esus4 
Em 
D 
 (Esus4) Well     met,  (E minor) well met, said  (D major) he
Esus4 
Em 
 (Esus4) I've      (E minor) just returned from the salt,
D 
 (D major) salt sea,
Em 
Esus4 
and it's  (E minor) all for the love of thee.  (Esus4) 
Em 
 (E minor) Come in, come in my home true love,
Esus4 
Em 
 (Esus4) and have  (E minor) a   sit by me.
It's been three -fourths of a long,
D 
 (D major) long year
Em 
D 
Em 
Esus4 
Since togeth (E minor) er  we  (D major) have  (E minor) been  (Esus4) 
Em 
 (E minor) I can't come in and I
can't sit down
Esus4 
Em 
 (Esus4) For      of only  (E minor) a   moment's time
They say you're married
D 
to a house  (D major) carpenter
Em 
And your  (E minor) heart will never be
Esus4 
Em 
mine  (Esus4)  (E minor) 
Well, I could have married
the king's daughter fair
Esus4 
An (Esus4) d she would
Em 
Esus4 
have  (E minor) married me  (Esus4) 
Em 
 (E minor) But I have forsaken her
D 
crowns  (D major) of gold,
Em 
And it's  (E minor) all for the love of
Esus4 
Em 
Esus4 
thee.  (Esus4)  (E minor)  (Esus4) 
Em 
Now  (E minor) will you forsaken
your house carpenter
Esus4 
Em 
An (Esus4) d go along  (E minor) with me?
I'll take you to where the
D 
grass  (D major) grows green,
Em 
on the  (E minor) banks of the deep
Esus4 
Em 
blue sea.  (Esus4)  (E minor) 
Esus4 
Em 
 (Esus4) Then     she  (E minor) picked up her
darlin' little babe,
Esus4 
Em 
Esus4 
 (Esus4) and kisses  (E minor) she gave it  (Esus4) three,
Em 
 (E minor) saying,
D 
Stay right here, my darlin'  (D major) little babe
Em 
Esus4 
And  (E minor) keep your papa company  (Esus4) 
Em 
They had  (E minor) not been on the
Esus4 
ship two week (Esus4) s
Em 
D 
Esus4 
I'm sure  (E minor) it  was  (D major) not  (Esus4) three
Em 
Till  (E minor) his true love began to
D 
weep  (D major) and to mourn
Em 
Esus4 
And she  (E minor) wept most bit (Esus4) terly
Em 
Sayin'  (E minor) are you a -weepin' for
my silver and my gold?
Esus4 
Em 
 (Esus4) Sayin'  (E minor) are you a -weepin' for my store?
Or are you a -weepin' for that
D 
house  (D major) carpenter
Em 
Whose  (E minor) face you'll never see
Am 
Em 
Esus4 
no more?  (A minor)  (E minor)  (Esus4) 
Em 
A  (E minor) curse, curse to the
sailor she cried
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Em 
A  (Esus4) curse,  (E minor) a   curse she swore
You've robbed me of my
D 
sweet little  (D major) babe
Em 
Esus4 
That  (E minor) I shall never see no more  (Esus4) 
Em 
They  (E minor) had not been on the ship
three weeks
Esus4 
Em 
 (Esus4) I'm      sure  (E minor) it  was night four
Till there came a leak in the
D 
Em 
bottom  (D major) of the  (E minor) ship
Esus4 
Em 
And it sank on ford arise no more  (Esus4)  (E minor) 