--------------------------------------------------------------------------- House Carpenter [Unreleased, Self Portrait] â Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Bob Dylan House Carpenter [Unreleased , Self Portrait] (1970) (Traditional, arr. Dylan) From: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)" The whole song consists of a G chord basically; the vocal notes are sometimes doubled by the guitar, however, creating the G7, G/E etc. shapes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e G7 3-x-3-0-0-3 G/F x-x-3-0-0-3 G/E x-x-2-0-0-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | G | VERSE 1

Well ^Gmet, well met, my own true love Well^G met, well ^G7met, cried ^Gshe I've ^Gjust returned from the salt, salt sea G ^G And it's all for the sake of thee

INTERLUDE | G | % | % | % | | G | G/F | G/E | G | VERSE 2

I ^Gcould have married a King's daughter there She ^Gwould have ^G7married ^Gme Then ^GI have re^G7fused that ^Gcrown of gold And it's ^Gall for the sake of thee

VERSE 3

If you ^Gcould have married a King's daughter there I'm ^Gsure you are to blame For ^GI am ^G7married to a ^Ghouse carpenter G ^G And he is a fine young man

INTERLUDE | G | | G | % | % | % | | G | % | % | % | VERSE 4

If ^Gyou for^G7sake your^G house carpenter And ^Gfly a^G7way with ^Gme I'll ^Gtake you to where the grass grows green On the ^Dbanks of s^Cweet W^Gill^Die [?]

VERSE 5

If ^GI forsake my house carpenter And ^Gfly a^G7way with ^Gthee ^GWhat have you ^G7got to main^Gtain me upon And ^Gkeep me from slavery

VERSE 6

I've ^Gsix ships ^G7sailing ^Gon the salt sea ^GSailing ^G7from dry ^Gland And a ^Ghundred and ^G7twenty ^Gjolly young men Shall ^Gbe at ^G7your co^Gmmand

INTERLUDE | G | | G | % | % | % | | G | % | % | % | VERSE 7

She ^Gpicked ^G7up her ^Gpoor little babe Her ^Gkisses were one, two, three And ^Gas she ^G7trod u^Gpon her way And ^Gshone like a ^G7glittering ^Gtree

VERSE 8

They ^Ghad not ^G7been at ^Gsea two weeks I'm ^Gsure it ^G7was not ^Gthree ^GWhen this poor maid began to cry And she ^Gwept most ^G7bitter^Gly

INTERLUDE | G | G7 | G | % | | G | G7 | G | % | | G | G7 | G | % | | G | G7 | G | % | VERSE 9

Oh ^Gdo you ^G7weep for your ^Ggold, he said Your ^Ghouses, your ^G7land or your ^Gstore? Or ^Gdo you ^G7weep for your ^Ghouse carpenter The ^Gone youâll n^G7ever se^Ge anymore The ^Gone youâll n^G7ever se^Ge anymore

VERSE 10

I ^Gdo not ^G7weep for my ^Ggold, she said My ^Ghouses, my ^G7land or my ^Gstore But I ^Gdo ^G7weep for my ^Gpoor little babe That ^GI never shall see anymore

INTERLUDE | G | G7 | G | % | VERSE 11

Th^Gey had ^G7not been at ^Gsea three weeks I'm ^Gsure it ^G7was not ^Gfour Whe^Gn in their ^G7ship there ^Gsprang a great leak And she ^Gsank to rise no more No, she ^Gsank to ^G7rise no ^Gmore

VERSE 12

Fare^Gwell fare^G7well, my ^Gown true love Fare^Gwell fare^G7well, cried ^Gshe I ^Gcould have de^G7serted my ^Ghouse carpenter And ^Ggrave them [?] in the depths of the sea For a ^Ggrave in the ^G7depths of the ^Gsea.

INTERLUDE | G | G7 | G | % | | G | G7 | G | % | | G | G7 | G | % | | G | G7 | G | % | VERSE 13 (= verse 1)

Well ^Gmet, well ^G7met, my own true love Well^G met, well ^G7met, cried ^Gshe I've ^Gjust returned from the salt, salt sea G [break] G And it's all for the sake of thee

Bob Dylan - House carpenter