House Carpenter
Natalie MerchantVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
and it's all for the love of thee"
"come in, come in
my own true love
and have a seat with me
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
"no I can't come in
and I can't sit down
for I have but a moment's time
they say that you're married
to a house carpenter
and your heart shall never be mine"
"well I could have married
a king's daughter fair
she would have mar-ried me
but I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
"now will you forsake on
your house carpenter
and go along with me?
I'll take you where
The grass grows green
On the banks of the bitter reeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: , Cadd6 Cadd6
She pick'd up her wee little babe
And kisses gave it three saying,
"stay right here my darling little one
keep your papa company"
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
Now they had not been
On the ship two weeks
I swear it was not three
When his true love began
To weep and moan
And she wept most bitterly
"now are you weeping
for my silver and gold
are you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
that you ne'er shall see no more?"
curse, curse
on the sailor she cried
a curse, a curse she swore
"you robbed me of my sweet little babe
that I ne'er shall see no more!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: , Cadd6 Cadd6
(Slower)
well, they had not been
on the ship three weeks
I swear it was not four
Until there came a leak in the ship
end.
And she sank to rise no more...
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Readable chord sheet for House Carpenter by Natalie Merchant
and it's all for the love of t[G]hee"
[G]"come in, come in [Cadd6]
my own [G]true love
and have [G]a seat wi[Cadd6]th me
it's bee[F]n three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
[G]"no I can't come in [Cadd6]
and I can'[G]t sit down
for I have but a mome[Cadd6]nt's time [G]
they say [F]that you're married
to a house carpenter
and your heart shall never be m[G]ine"
[G]"well I could have ma[Cadd6]rried
a king's[G] daughter fair
she would have m[Cadd6]ar-ried m[G]e
but I[F] forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
"now wil[G]l you forsake [Cadd6]on
your house[G] carpenter
and go[Cadd6] along with me?[G]
I'll[F] take you where
The grass grows green
On the banks of the bitter r[G]eeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: [G], Cadd6 [G] Cadd6 [G] [F] [G]
She pick'd[G] up her[Cadd6] wee little babe [G]
And kisses gave it t[Cadd6]hree say[G]ing,
"s[F]tay right here my darling little one
keep your papa company" [G]
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
[G]Now they had not been [Cadd6]
On the ship tw[G]o weeks
I swear it was n[Cadd6]ot three [G]
When his tr[F]ue love began
To weep and moan
And she wept most bitte[G]rly
"no[G]w are you weeping [Cadd6]
for my silver [G]and gold
are you weepin[Cadd6]g for my store or are[G] [F]
you weeping for that house carpenter
that you ne'er shall see no mo[G]re?"
[G] [Cadd6]
[A] curse, [A] curse
on the sailor[G] she cried
a curse, a curs[Cadd6]e she swore [G]
"you robbe[F]d me of my sweet little babe
that I ne'er shall see no mo[G]re!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: [G], Cadd6 [G] Cadd6 [G] [F] [G]
(Slower)
[G]well, they had not been [Cadd6]
on the ship t[G]hree weeks
I swear it was no[Cadd6]t four [G]
Unt[F]il there came a leak in the ship
[G] end.
And she sank to rise no more...