Chords for Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson - The House Carpenter

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well, I once could have married the _ king's third son, and a fine man was [A] _ _
[Em] he.
_ [E] But married _ to her _ _ _ _ _ and a nice young man is he, and a nice young man is _ he.
_ _ Oh, will you forsake your [Em] _
house, carpenter? _ _ _
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_ _ _ I will take you to where the [E] grass grows green,
On the banks of the River Dee, _ On the banks of the River Dee.
_ _ _ _ [Em] But will you have to maintain [E] me at all, to keep me from _ [Em] slavery? _ _
[E] _ _ When I have seven ships, they [A] will [E] soon be at land, and they'd sure command shall be,
_ and they'd sure command shall be.
_ _ _ She took her two babes by their _ hand, and gave them kisses three, _ _
_ _ Says, stay at home, you darling _ little babes, keep your father's sweet company,
_ keep your father's sweet company. _ _ _
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Now she dressed herself in her very _ _ best, like a highborn lady was she. _ _ _
She shimmered and she shimmered and she _ lovely stared,
as they walked by the banks of the sea, _ as they walked by the banks of the sea. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, she hadn't been gone but a _ short, short time, until she wept full sore. _
_ _ _ I would give all the gold [Em] in _ this [E] round world, just to see my babes once more,
just to see my babes once more.
_ _ _ Well, if you had all the gold and the _ silver, _ _ _ [A] that [E] are across the _ _ sea,
_ _ you'd never be at land _ _ anymore, and your babes you'll never more see,
_ and your babes you'll never more see. _
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_ Oh, they hadn't been sailing but a short, short time, _ about two weeks, three or four, _ _ _ _
when the ship sprung a leak, and they, _ _ _ _ and they were far away from the shore,
and they were far away from the shore. _ _ _
_ I see bright hills of heaven, _ my dear, _ where angels come and go. _ _ _
I see bright hills that's _ held my dear, where you and I must go,
where you and I must go. _ _ _
Oh, I wished I was back to my [G] _ house, carpenter, [E] _
I'm sure you would treat me well, _ _ _ _
but here I am in the raging sea, _ and my soul is bound for hell,
and my soul is bound for hell. _ _ _ _
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