The House Carpenter Chords by Clarence Ashley

[B] _ _ Well met, [F#] well met said an old true love.
_ _ Well met, well met said he. _
I'm just returning from the Salt, Salt Sea,
And it's all for the love of thee.
_ _ _ Come in, come in my old true love, _ _
[Bm] And have a seat with [F#] me.
It's been three-fourths of a long, long year
Since together we have been.
_ Well [Bm] I [F#] can't come in or I can't sit down _
For [B] I haven't but a [F#] moment's time.
They say you're married to a house carpenter
And your heart will never be mine.
_ _ [B] Now it's I could marry [F#] the king's daughter dear. _ _
[B] I'm sure she'd have [F#] married me,
But I've forsaken her crowns of gold,
And it's all for the love of thee.
_ _ _ [B] Now will you [F#] forsaken your house carpenter
_ And _ [B] go [F#] along with me? _
I'll take you her, the grass grows green
On the banks of the deep blue sea. _ _ _ _ _
She picked up her little _ babe _
And [Bm] _ kisses gave it [F#] three.
Says stay right here my darling little babe
And keep your papa company.
_ _ _ _ Well he hadn't been on ship but about two weeks.
_ [B] I'm sure it [F#] was not three
Till his true love began to weep and mourn
And he weeped most _ bitterly.
_ [B] Says are you weeping [F#] for my silver or my gold?
_ Says [Bm] are you weeping for my store?
_ [F#] _
Are you weeping for that house carpenter
Whose face you'll never see anymore?
_ _ [B] No it's I'm not a-weeping [F#] for your silver or your gold.
_ _ _ [B] Or neither [F#] for your store.
_ I am weeping for my darling little babe
Whose face I'll never see anymore. _ _
Well [B] he hadn't been on ship [F#] but about three weeks.
_ _ [B] I'm sure it [F#] was not four
_ Till he sprung a leak in the bottom of the ship
And it sunk and could arise no more. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _