Doc Watson - House Carpenter Chords

[Intro]
Dm Am C Dm

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

Dm

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

C Dm

[Verse 3]
Dm                   C        Am
Come in, come in, my old true love
C                   Dm
Come in, she said to him
Dm                              C           Am
For it’s been three fourths of a long, long year
C                     Dm
Since together we have been

[Verse 4]
Dm                  G     Dm
No, I can’t come in, nor I can’t sit down
Dm                  G    Dm
For I have but a moment’s time
Dm                             C            Am
And they say that you’re married to a house carpenter
C                         Dm
And your heart will never be mine

C Dm

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

Dm

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

Dm C Dm

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

[Verse 8]
Dm
They had not been on the ship two weeks
Dm            Gm    Dm
I’m sure it was not three
Dm                          Cm           Am
Until his true love began to weep and to mourn
C                 Dm
And she wept most bitterly

Dm C Dm

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

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

Dm C Dm

[Verse 11]
Dm                           C
Then a curse, a curse to the sailor she cried
C                 Dm
A curse, a curse, she swore
Dm                      C      Am
You’ve robbed me of my house carpenter
C                         Dm
Whose face I’ll never see no more

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

[Outro]
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