{"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":1836677,"song":"The House Carpenter","artist":"Joan Baez","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11406138-the-house-carpenter-chords-by-joan-baez/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1836677?type=chord","rating":4.71905,"votes":80,"content":"From the album Joan Baez in Concert\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Well met, well met, my own true love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Well met, well met,\" cried he.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"I've just returned from the salt, salt sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll for the love of thee.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]             \r\n\"I could have married the King's daughter dear,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe would have married me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I have forsaken her crowns of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll for the love of thee.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Well, if you could have married the King's daughter dear, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm sure you are to blame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor I am married to a house carpenter,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd find him a nice young man.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, will you forsake your house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd go along with me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'll take you to where the grass grows green,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo the banks of the salt, salt sea.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Well, if I should forsake my house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd go along with thee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat have you got to maintain me on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd keep me from poverty?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Six ships, six ships all out on the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSeven more upon dry land,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOne hundred and ten all brave sailor men[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWill be at your command.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe picked up her own wee babe,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKisses gave him three,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaid \"Stay right here with my house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd keep him good company.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen she putted on her rich attire,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo glorious to behold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as she trod along her way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe shone like the glittering gold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, they'd not been gone but about two weeks,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know it was not three.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen this fair lady began to weep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wept most bitterly.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Ah, why do you weep, my fair young maid,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWeep it for your golden store?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOr do you weep for your house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho never you shall see anymore?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"I do not weep for my house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr for any golden store.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI do weep for my own wee babe,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho never I shall see anymore.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, they'd not been gone but about three weeks,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm sure it was not four.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOur gallant ship sprang a leak and sank,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNever to rise anymore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 13]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOne time around spun our gallant ship,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTwo times around spun she,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThree times around spun our gallant ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sank to the bottom of the sea.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 14]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"What hills, what hills are those, my love,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat rise so fair and high?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Those are the hills of heaven, my love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut not for you and I.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 15]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"And what hills, what hills are those, my love,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThose hills so dark and low?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Those are the hills of hell, my love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere you and I must go.\" [/tab]","plain_text":"From the album Joan Baez in Concert\n\n[Intro]\n\nAm   G   Am\n\n \n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 13]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 14]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 15]","chords":["Am","G","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}