{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":149660,"song":"House Carpenter","artist":"Natalie Merchant","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11215069-house-carpenter-chords-by-natalie-merchant/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/149660?type=chord","rating":4.85281,"votes":5,"content":"HOUSE CARPENTER (traditional arr. Natalie Merchant on \"The House Carpenter's Daughter)\r\n\r\nCapo 3 Banjo intro: (play G)\r\n(still banjo)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\n\"well met, well met[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand I know true love[/tab]\r\n Cadd6\r\nwell met, well met\", said he\r\n F* (* see note)\r\n\"I'm just returning\r\n\r\nfrom the salt, salt sea\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand it's all for the love of thee\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\n\"come in, come in[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmy own true love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] Cadd6 \r\nand have a seat with me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nit's been three-fourths[/tab]\r\n\r\nof a long, long year\r\n G (Begin strumming)\r\nsince together we have been\"\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\n\"no I can't come in[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I can't sit down[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor I have but a moment's time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthey say that you're married[/tab]\r\n \r\nto a house carpenter\r\n G (rest of the band comes in)\r\nand your heart shall never be mine\"\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\n\"well I could have married[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] \r\na king's daughter fair[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nshe would have mar-ried me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut I forsaked upon[/tab]\r\n\r\nher crowns of gold\r\n G (Fiddle comes in)\r\nand it's all for the love of thee\"\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\n\"now will you forsake on[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyour house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand go along with me?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll take you where[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe grass grows green\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the banks of the bitter reeds\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak/Fiddle Solo: [ch]G[/ch], Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe pick'd up her wee little babe[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd kisses gave it three saying,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"stay right here my darling little one[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nkeep your papa company\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\nNow they had not been[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the ship two weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI swear it was not three[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen his true love began[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo weep and moan\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she wept most bitterly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\n\"now are you weeping[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor my silver and gold[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nare you weeping for my store or are[/tab]\r\n\r\nyou weeping for that house carpenter\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat you ne'er shall see no more?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] Cadd6\r\n[ch]A[/ch] curse, [ch]A[/ch] curse\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\non the sailor she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch] \r\na curse, a curse she swore[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] \r\n\"you robbed me of my sweet little babe[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat I ne'er shall see no more!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak/Fiddle Solo: [ch]G[/ch], Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n(Slower)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] Cadd6 \r\nwell, they had not been[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\non the ship three weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab] Cadd6 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI swear it was not four[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nUntil there came a leak in the ship[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] end.\r\nAnd she sank to rise no more...[/tab]\r\n\r\n* The guitar during this section does little variations. I suggest if playing by yourself play:\r\n[tab][ch]Fadd9[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fadd9[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] Famj7 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nXx 32 13 3211 3210 3211 [/tab]\r\nEADGBe\r\nTo give it a more complete and richer sound.\r\n\r\nCadd6 x3203","plain_text":"HOUSE CARPENTER (traditional arr. Natalie Merchant on \"The House Carpenter's Daughter)\n\nCapo 3 Banjo intro: (play G)\n(still banjo)\n\n\n Cadd6\nwell met, well met\", said he\n F* (* see note)\n\"I'm just returning\n\nfrom the salt, salt sea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nof a long, long year\n G (Begin strumming)\nsince together we have been\"\n\n\n\n\n\n \nto a house carpenter\n G (rest of the band comes in)\nand your heart shall never be mine\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nher crowns of gold\n G (Fiddle comes in)\nand it's all for the love of thee\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe grass grows green\n\n\nBreak/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo weep and moan\n\n\n\n\n\n\nyou weeping for that house carpenter\n\n\nG Cadd6\nA curse, A curse\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G\n\n(Slower)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* The guitar during this section does little variations. I suggest if playing by yourself play:\n\nEADGBe\nTo give it a more complete and richer sound.\n\nCadd6 x3203","chords":["G","F","A","Fadd9","Fmaj7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}