Sam Shackleton - House carpenter
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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