The House Carpenter chords by Jeff Lang

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Intro 1
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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Well  (E major) met, well met,

Verse 1
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 (E major) 
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my own true  (E minor) love
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Well met,  (E major) well met, cried he  (E minor) 
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I've just returned from  (D major) the salt,
salty seas
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 (E minor) And it's all for the  (A major) love of  (E minor) thee
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Well,  (E major) I could have  (A major) married a
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 (E minor) king's daughter then,
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she would have  (A major) married me
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 (E major) But I have forsaken that
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 (D major) crown of gold,
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and it's  (E minor) all for the love of thee
Oh, hold your tongue of
our former vows,
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they'll  (E major) bring us such bitter strife
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 (E minor) Oh,  (E major) hold your tongue, love,
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of  (D major) our former vows,
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cause  (E major) I've since become a  (E minor) wife
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Yes,  (E major) and if you could have  (A major) married
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a  (E major) king's daughter there,
I'm sure you're the one to blame
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For I am mar (E minor) ried to a  (D major) house carpenter
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and I'm  (E major) sure he's a  (A major) fine young  (E major) man
Forsake, forsake your house carpenter
and come away with me
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I'll show you where  (E minor) 
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the grass  (D major) grows green
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on the  (E major) shores of  (A major) sunny Italy
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 (E major) Well, if  (E minor) I   forsake my house,
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carpenter (E major) ,
and go away with thee,
What have you got for to
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 (D major) maintain me with
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and to  (E major) keep me from  (A major) poverty?  (E major) 
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Six ships, six ships  (A major) out on the  (E major) sea,
and seven more beyond dry land,
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A  (E minor) hundred and ten of  (D major) both sailor men
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will  (E major) be under  (A major) your command.
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 (E major) Well, she picked up her babies on her knee
And gave them kisses one, two, three
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Saying, take  (E minor) good care of your  (D major) daddy
while I'm gone
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And keep  (E major) him good company
Then she dressed herself
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 (Esus4) in  (E major) a  fine airtie
So glorious to behold
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And when she  (E minor) stood out upon  (D major) the street
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Well, she shone  (E major) like the
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glittering gold  (E minor)  (D major)  (E major) 
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They had not been out  (A major) about  (E major) two weeks,
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I'm sure that it was  (A major) not three  (E major) 
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When darker grew  (E minor) her  (D major) husband's looks,
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yes, and  (E major) stormy  (D major) grew the  (A major) sea.  (E major) 
The clouds grew dark
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and the  (Esus4) wind      (E major) grew loud,
and down below deck went she.
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When she spied a  (E minor) glimpse
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of his  (D major) cloven foot,
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well, she  (E major) wept most bit (A major) terly.  (E major) 
He said, why are you weeping,
my darling dear?
Is it for your golden store?
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Or are you weep (E minor) in' for
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your  (D major) house carpenter
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Whose  (E major) face you'll never
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see  (A major) anymore?  (E major) 
She said, I'm not weepin' for
my house and home
Neither weepin' for my feet
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Well, I'm not weep (E minor) in'
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for my  (D major) house carpenter
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I'm  (E major) weepin' for my baby's
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 (A major)  (E major) feet  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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What are  (E major) those hills yonder, my love?
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They look as white as snow.  (E minor) 
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Those  (E major) are the hills of  (D major) heaven, my love,
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that  (E minor) you and I'll  (D major)  (A major) never know.  (E minor) 
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What are those  (E major) hills yon (E minor) der,  (E major) my love?
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They look as dark  (E minor) as night.
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 (E major) Those  (E minor) are the hills of hell,  (D major) my love,
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where  (E major) you and I will  (A major) unite  (E major) 
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (E major) 
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Three times around  (A major) when the  (E major) gallant
ship went up on the deck strode he
And reaching with his right hand
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he  (D major) struck the mast
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And they  (E major) sunk to the bottom of  (A major) the  (E major) sea you