{"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":2750703,"song":"House Carpenter","artist":"Doc Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11629833-house-carpenter-chords-by-doc-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2750703?type=chord","rating":4.57074,"votes":14,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe’ve met, we’ve met, my old true love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe’ve met, we’ve met, said he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI’ve just returned from the salt, salt sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all for the love of thee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI could have married the King’s daughter fair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe would have married me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I’ve forsaken her crown of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all for the love of thee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome in, come in, my old true love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome in, she said to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor it’s been three fourths of a long, long year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSince together we have been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo, I can’t come in, nor I can’t sit down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor I have but a moment’s time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they say that you’re married to a house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd your heart will never be mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWill you come with me, my old true love?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh come with me, said he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I’ll take you to where the grass grows green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn the banks of Bittery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen she picked up her sweet little babe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd kisses she gave it three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSayin', stay at home my darlin’ little babe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd keep your papa company[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen he jumped on a milk white steppe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd her on a dapple grey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey rode until they came to the banks of a sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThree hours before the break of day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey had not been on the ship two weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI’m sure it was not three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUntil his true love began to weep and to mourn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd she wept most bitterly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, is it for my silver you weep?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs it for my store?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr is it for that house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhose face you’ll never see no more?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt’s neither for you silver I weep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd neither for your store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut it’s all for the sake of my sweet little babe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhose face I’ll never see no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen a curse, a curse to the sailor she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA curse, a curse, she swore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou’ve robbed me of my house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhose face I’ll never see no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey had not been on the ship three weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI’m sure it was not four[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill they sprang a leak in the bottom of the ship[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it sunk for to rise no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nDm Am C Dm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nDm\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nC Dm\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\nC Dm\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\nDm\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\nDm C Dm\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\nDm C Dm\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\nDm C Dm\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC Dm","chords":["Dm","Am","C","G","A"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}