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The House Carpenter chords by 
Doc Watson 
N/A•
Key: C major•BPM: 63
Intro 1
Dm
Am
C
Dm
Verse 1
Dm
We've met, we've
C
Am
met, my old true love
C
Dm
We've met, we've met, said he
C
Am
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
C
Dm
And it's all for the love of thee
G
I could have married the
Verse 2
Dm
King's daughter fair
G
Dm
She would have married me
C
Am
But I've forsaken her crown of gold
C
Dm
C
Dm
And it's all for the love of thee
Verse 3
Dm
C
Am
Come in, come in, my old true love
C
Dm
Come in, she said to him
C
For it's been three fourths of a long,
Am
long year
C
Dm
Since to gether we have been
G
No, I can't come in, nor I
Verse 4
Dm
can't sit down
G
Dm
For I have but a moment's time
And they say that you're married
Am
to a house carpenter
C
And your heart will never
Dm
C
be mine
Dm
Verse 5
C
Will you come with me, my old true love?
Am
C
Dm
Oh come with me, said he
And I'll take you to where
C
Am
the grass grows green
C
Dm
On the banks of Bittery
Verse 6
G
Then she picked up her
Dm
sweet little babe
G
Dm
And kisses she gave it three
Sayin', stay at home my
C
Am
darlin' little babe
C
And keep your papa com
Dm
pany
C
Am
C
Dm
Verse 7
C
Am
Then he jumped on a milk white steppe
C
Dm
And her on a dapple grey
They rode until they came
C
Am
to the banks of a sea
C
Dm
Three hours before the break of day
Verse 8
Dm
G
Dm
They had not been on the ship two weeks
G
Dm
I'm sure it was not three
Until his true love began to
C
Am
weep and to mourn
C
Am
Dm
And she wept most bit terly
Am
C
Verse 9
Dm
C
Am
Oh, is it for my silver you weep?
C
Dm
Is it for my store?
C
Am
Or is it for that house carpenter
C
Dm
Whose face you'll never see no more?
Verse 10
Dm
G
Dm
It's neither for you silver I weep
G
Dm
And neither for your store
But it's all for the sake of my
C
Am
sweet little babe
C
Whose face I'll never see
Dm
no more
C
Verse 11
Dm
Am
C
Am
Then a curse, a curse to the sailor she cried
C
Dm
A curse, a curse, she swore
You've robbed me of my
C
Am
house carpenter
C
Dm
Whose face I'll never see no more
G
They had not been on the
Verse 12
Dm
ship three weeks
G
Dm
I'm sure it was not four
Till they sprang a leak in the
C
Am
bottom of the ship
C
Dm
C
And it sunk for to rise no more
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