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Capo: 2
This gives a little variation if you're doing this solo acoustic. House Carpenter Traditional, Arr. Sara Watkins / Alison Krauss. Capo 2 [Em] "Well met, well [D] met, said an [Em] old true love. "Well met, well [D] met, said [Em] he. "I have [C] just returned from the [D] salt, salt [Bm] sea. "And it's [C] all for the [D] love of [Em] thee." [Em] Come in, come [D] in, my [Em] own true love, And have a [D] seat by [Em] me. It's [C] been three-fourths of a [D] long, long [Bm] year, Since [C] together, [D] we have [Em] been. [Em] "I can't come [D] in and I [Em] can't sit down, "For I've only a [D] moment's [Em] time. "They [C] say you're married to a [D] house carpenter, "And your [C] heart will [D] never be [Em] mine.
Em "I could have D married a Em King's daughter, fair, "And she would have D married Em me, "But C I have forsaken her D crowns of Bm gold, "And it's C all for the D love of Em thee."
Em "Now you D forsake your Em house carpenter, "And go D along with Em me. "I'll C take you where the D grass grows Bm green. "On the C banks of the D deep blue Em sea."
Em Then she picked D up a Em darlin' little babe, And kisses, she D gave it Em three. Saying C "Stay right here, my D darlin' little Bm babe, "And C keep your pappa D company Em."
Em They had not D been on the Em ship two weeks, I'm sure it D was not Em three, Till his C true love began to D weep and to Bm mourn, And C she wept most D bitterly Em.
Em Sayin': "Are you D weepin' for my Em silver and my gold." Sayin': "Are you D weepin' for my Em store? "Or C are you weepin' for your D house Bm carpenter, "Whose C face you'll never D see no Em more?"
Em "A curse, a D curse to the Em sailor," she cried. "A curse, a D curse," she Em swore. "You C robbed me of my D darlin' little Bm babe, "That C I shall never D see no Em more."
Em They had not D been on the Em ship three weeks, I'm sure it D was not Em four, When there C came a leak in the D bottom of the Bm ship, And C sank them for to D rise no Em more.