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