The House Carpenter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm]
[Am][C][Dm]

[Verse 1]
We've met, [Dm]we've
met, my [C]old true [Am]love
We've [C]met, we've met, said [Dm]he
I've just returned from the [C]salt, salt [Am]sea
[C]And it's all for the love of [Dm]thee
I could have mar[G]ried the

[Verse 2]
[Dm]
King's daughter fair
She would have mar[G]ried [Dm]me
But I've forsaken her [C]crown of [Am]gold
And it's [C]all for the love of [Dm]thee[C][Dm]

[Verse 3]
Come [Dm]in, come in, my o[C]ld true [Am]love
Come [C]in, she said to [Dm]him
For it's been three fourths of a [C]long,
long [Am]year
Since [C]to gether we have [Dm]been
No, I can't come in, [G]nor I

[Verse 4]
[Dm]can't sit down
For I have but [G]a moment's [Dm]time
And they say that you're married
to a [Am]house carpenter
[C]And your heart will never
be [Dm]mine[C]
[Dm]

[Verse 5]
Will you come with me, my [C]old true love?
[Am]Oh come [C]with me, said he[Dm]
And I'll take you to where
the [C]grass grows [Am]green
[C]On the banks [Dm]of Bittery

[Verse 6]
Then she picked up [G]her
[Dm]sweet little babe
And kisses she gave [G]it [Dm]three
Sayin', stay at home my
[C]darlin' little [Am]babe
[C]And keep your papa com
[Dm]pany
[C][Am][C][Dm]

[Verse 7]
Then he jumped on a [C]milk white [Am]steppe
And [C]her on a dapple [Dm]grey
They rode until they came
to the [C]banks of a [Am]sea
Three [C]hours before the break of [Dm]day

[Verse 8]
They [Dm]had not been [G]on the s[Dm]hip two weeks
I'm sure it was [G]not [Dm]three
Until his true love began to
[C]weep and to [Am]mourn
And she [C]wept most [Am]bit [Dm]terly
[Am][C]

[Verse 9]
[Dm]
Oh, is it for my [C]silver you [Am]weep?
[C]Is it for my [Dm]store?
Or is it for that [C]house carpen[Am]ter
Whose [C]face you'll never see no [Dm]more?

[Verse 10]
It's [Dm]neither for [G]you [Dm]silver I weep
And neither for [G]your [Dm]store
But it's all for the sake of my
[C]sweet little [Am]babe
Whose [C]face I'll never see
no [Dm]more
[C]

[Verse 11]
[Dm]
Then a curse, a curse to the [Am]sailor [C]she [Am]cried
A [C]curse, a curse, she [Dm]swore
You've robbed me of my
[C]house carpen[Am]ter
Whose [C]face I'll never see no [Dm]more
They had not been [G]on the

[Verse 12]
[Dm]
ship three weeks
I'm sure it was [G]not [Dm]four
Till they sprang a leak in the
[C]bottom [Am]of the ship
And it [C]sunk for to rise no [Dm]more[C]

[Outro 1]
[Dm]