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.
