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Capo: 6 Tuning: E A D G B E
Standard tuning, Capo on 6 Hard to translate banjo picking into guitar chords, but use these as a start Play only the lower 4 strings to get the closest sound Alternative would be Capo on 1 and play Dm and C [Verse 1]
"Oh I Ammet, well met, my Gone true love" Oh I Ammet, well met" Gsaid Amhe "I've Amjust returned to the Gsalt, salt sea And it's Amall for the love Gof Amthee"
[Verse 2]
"I Amcould have Gmarried the AmKing's daughter fair AmShe would have Gmarried Amme But Amnow I forsakened a Gcrown of gold And it's Amall for the love Gof Amthee"
[Interlude] Am G Am G Am Am G Am G Am [Verse 3]
"Oh Amcan he come in and Gcan he sit down I Amhave but a moGment's Amtime AmThey say you're married to a Ghouse carpenter And your Amheart, it will neGver be Ammine"
[Verse 4]
Oh Amshe picked up her Gdarling wee babe And Amkisses she gave Ghim Amthree Saying "AmStay at home my Gdarling wee babe And Amkeep your father comGpaAmny"
[Verse 5]
Oh then Amhe jumped on a Gbig white steed And Amher on a dapGple Amgrey And they Amrode until the Gbanks of the sea Three Amhours before the break Gof Amday
[Interlude] Am G Am G Am Am G Am G Am Am G Am G Am [Verse 6]
They Amhad not been on the Gship two weeks I'm Amsure it was Gnot Amthree UnAmtil his true love began to Gweep and to mourn She Amcried oh so bitGterAmly
[Verse 7]
"Oh Amis it Gfor my Amsilver you weep AmIs it Gfor my Amgold? Or Amis it for the sake of the Ghouse carpenter Whose Amface you'll never see Gno Ammore"
[Verse 8]
"Oh it's Amneither Gfor your Amsilver I weep It's Amneither Gfor your Amgold Oh it's Amall for the sake of my Gbonnie wee babe Whose Amface I'll never see Gno Ammore"
[Verse 9]
"A Amcurse, a curse" to the Gsailor she cried "A Amcurse, a curse" Gsaid Amshe "Oh you Amrobbed me of my Ghouse carpenter Whose Amface I'll never see Gno Ammore"
[Interlude] Am G Am G Am Am G Am G Am Am G Am G Am Am G Am G Am [Verse 10]
Oh they Amhad not been on the Gship for three weeks I'm Amsure it was Gnot Amfour Until Amthere sprang a leak in the Gbottom of the ship And it Amsunk for to rise Gno Ammore
[Outro] Am G Am G Am Am G Am G Am