{"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":820968,"song":"House Carpenter","artist":"Nickel Creek","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11596687-house-carpenter-chords-by-nickel-creek/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/820968?type=chord","rating":4.54278,"votes":30,"content":"This gives a little variation if you're doing this solo acoustic.\r\n\r\nHouse Carpenter\r\nTraditional, Arr. Sara Watkins / Alison Krauss.\r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n[[ch]Em[/ch]] \"Well met, well [[ch]D[/ch]] met, said an [[ch]Em[/ch]] old true love.\r\n\"Well met, well [[ch]D[/ch]] met, said [[ch]Em[/ch]] he.\r\n\"I have [[ch]C[/ch]] just returned from the [[ch]D[/ch]] salt, salt [[ch]Bm[/ch]] sea.\r\n\"And it's [[ch]C[/ch]] all for the [[ch]D[/ch]] love of [[ch]Em[/ch]] thee.\" \r\n\r\n[[ch]Em[/ch]] Come in, come [[ch]D[/ch]] in, my [[ch]Em[/ch]] own true love,\r\nAnd have a [[ch]D[/ch]] seat by [[ch]Em[/ch]] me.\r\nIt's [[ch]C[/ch]] been three-fourths of a [[ch]D[/ch]] long, long [[ch]Bm[/ch]] year,\r\nSince [[ch]C[/ch]] together, [[ch]D[/ch]] we have [[ch]Em[/ch]] been.\r\n\r\n[[ch]Em[/ch]] \"I can't come [[ch]D[/ch]] in and I [[ch]Em[/ch]] can't sit down,\r\n\"For I've only a [[ch]D[/ch]] moment's [[ch]Em[/ch]] time.\r\n\"They [[ch]C[/ch]] say you're married to a [[ch]D[/ch]] house carpenter,\r\n\"And your [[ch]C[/ch]] heart will [[ch]D[/ch]] never be [[ch]Em[/ch]] mine.\r\n\r\n[Em] \"I could have [D] married a [Em] King's daughter, fair,\r\n\"And she would have [D] married [Em] me,\r\n\"But [C] I have forsaken her [D] crowns of [Bm] gold,\r\n\"And it's [C] all for the [D] love of [Em] thee.\"\r\n\r\n[Em] \"Now you [D] forsake your [Em] house carpenter,\r\n\"And go [D] along with [Em] me.\r\n\"I'll [C] take you where the [D] grass grows [Bm] green.\r\n\"On the [C] banks of the [D] deep blue [Em] sea.\"\r\n\r\n[Em] Then she picked [D] up a [Em] darlin' little babe,\r\nAnd kisses, she [D] gave it [Em] three.\r\nSaying [C] \"Stay right here, my [D] darlin' little [Bm] babe,\r\n\"And [C] keep your pappa [D] company [Em].\"\r\n\r\n[Em] They had not [D] been on the [Em] ship two weeks,\r\nI'm sure it [D] was not [Em] three,\r\nTill his [C] true love began to [D] weep and to [Bm] mourn,\r\nAnd [C] she wept most [D] bitterly [Em].\r\n\r\n[Em] Sayin': \"Are you [D] weepin' for my [Em] silver and my gold.\"\r\nSayin': \"Are you [D] weepin' for my [Em] store?\r\n\"Or [C] are you weepin' for your [D] house [Bm] carpenter,\r\n\"Whose [C] face you'll never [D] see no [Em] more?\"\r\n\r\n[Em] \"A curse, a [D] curse to the [Em] sailor,\" she cried.\r\n\"A curse, a [D] curse,\" she [Em] swore.\r\n\"You [C] robbed me of my [D] darlin' little [Bm] babe,\r\n\"That [C] I shall never [D] see no [Em] more.\"\r\n\r\n[Em] They had not [D] been on the [Em] ship three weeks,\r\nI'm sure it [D] was not [Em] four,\r\nWhen there [C] came a leak in the [D] bottom of the [Bm] ship,\r\nAnd [C] sank them for to [D] rise no [Em] more.","plain_text":"This gives a little variation if you're doing this solo acoustic.\n\nHouse Carpenter\nTraditional, Arr. Sara Watkins / Alison Krauss.\nCapo 2\n\n[Em] \"Well met, well [D] met, said an [Em] old true love.\n\"Well met, well [D] met, said [Em] he.\n\"I have [C] just returned from the [D] salt, salt [Bm] sea.\n\"And it's [C] all for the [D] love of [Em] thee.\" \n\n[Em] Come in, come [D] in, my [Em] own true love,\nAnd have a [D] seat by [Em] me.\nIt's [C] been three-fourths of a [D] long, long [Bm] year,\nSince [C] together, [D] we have [Em] been.\n\n[Em] \"I can't come [D] in and I [Em] can't sit down,\n\"For I've only a [D] moment's [Em] time.\n\"They [C] say you're married to a [D] house carpenter,\n\"And your [C] heart will [D] never be [Em] mine.\n\n[Em] \"I could have [D] married a [Em] King's daughter, fair,\n\"And she would have [D] married [Em] me,\n\"But [C] I have forsaken her [D] crowns of [Bm] gold,\n\"And it's [C] all for the [D] love of [Em] thee.\"\n\n[Em] \"Now you [D] forsake your [Em] house carpenter,\n\"And go [D] along with [Em] me.\n\"I'll [C] take you where the [D] grass grows [Bm] green.\n\"On the [C] banks of the [D] deep blue [Em] sea.\"\n\n[Em] Then she picked [D] up a [Em] darlin' little babe,\nAnd kisses, she [D] gave it [Em] three.\nSaying [C] \"Stay right here, my [D] darlin' little [Bm] babe,\n\"And [C] keep your pappa [D] company [Em].\"\n\n[Em] They had not [D] been on the [Em] ship two weeks,\nI'm sure it [D] was not [Em] three,\nTill his [C] true love began to [D] weep and to [Bm] mourn,\nAnd [C] she wept most [D] bitterly [Em].\n\n[Em] Sayin': \"Are you [D] weepin' for my [Em] silver and my gold.\"\nSayin': \"Are you [D] weepin' for my [Em] store?\n\"Or [C] are you weepin' for your [D] house [Bm] carpenter,\n\"Whose [C] face you'll never [D] see no [Em] more?\"\n\n[Em] \"A curse, a [D] curse to the [Em] sailor,\" she cried.\n\"A curse, a [D] curse,\" she [Em] swore.\n\"You [C] robbed me of my [D] darlin' little [Bm] babe,\n\"That [C] I shall never [D] see no [Em] more.\"\n\n[Em] They had not [D] been on the [Em] ship three weeks,\nI'm sure it [D] was not [Em] four,\nWhen there [C] came a leak in the [D] bottom of the [Bm] ship,\nAnd [C] sank them for to [D] rise no [Em] more.","chords":["Em","D","C","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}