Standard Tuning, No Capo
Dave Van Ronk plays this with bar chords, meaning the alternative to the chords below are:
(capo on 5) A=E, E=B, D=A
If you throw in E7s in open chords, it still sounds good.
Intro: A/E/A/E/A/E
A E A E/A/E
Well it's love, oh love oh careless love
A A E E
Well it's love, oh love oh careless love
A A7 D D7
Well You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan
A E A E/A/E
You caused me to lose my happy home
A E A E/A/E
Well it's sorrow, sorrow to my heart
A A E E
Well it's sorrow, sorrow to my heart
A A7 D D7
Well it's sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, to my heart
A E A E/A/E
Since me and my true love had to part
A E A E/A/E
Well when my apron strings did pin
A A E E
When my apron strings did pin
A A7 D D7
Well when my apron strings did pin
A E A E/A/E
You'd pass my door but you wouldn't come in
A E A E/A/E
I cried last night and the night before
A A E E
I cried last night and the night before
A A7 D D7
I cried last night, the night before
A E A E/A/E
Gonna cry tonight, won't cry no more
A E A E/A/E
Well it's love, oh love oh careless love
A A E E
Well it's love, oh love oh careless love
A A7 D D7
Well You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan
A E A E
You caused me to lose my happy home
A A E
I wish the lord my train would come
A A E E
I wish the lord my train would come
A A7 D D7
I wish the lord my train would come
A E A E/A/E
And take me back where I come from
A E A E/A/E
Well it's love, oh love oh careless love
A A E E
Well it's love, oh love oh careless love
A A7 D D7
Well You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan
A E A E/A/E
You caused me to lose my happy home
