{"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":1516840,"song":"House Carpenter","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1516840-house-carpenter-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1516840?type=chord","rating":4.93538,"votes":37,"content":"House Carpenter\r\nBy: Bob Dylan\r\n\r\n\r\nInto: [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\"This is a story about a ghost that came back\r\nfrom out at sea, come to take his bride away \r\nfrom the house carpenter...\"\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell met, well met, my own true love[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell met, well met, cried she[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've just returned from the salt, salt sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all for the love of thee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could have married a King's daughter there[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe would have married me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I have forsaken my King's daughter there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's all for the love of thee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, if you could have married a King's daughter there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm sure you're the one to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I am married to a house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm sure he's a fine young man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nForsake, forsake your house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd come away with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll take you to where the green grass grows[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the shores of sunny Italy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo up she picked her babies three[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd gave them kisses, one, two, three[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying \"take good care of your daddy while I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd keep him good company.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, they were sailin' about two weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm sure it was not three[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the younger of the girls, she came on deck[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSayin' she wants company[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Well, are you weepin' for your house and home?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr are you weepin' for your babies three?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Well, I'm not weepin' for my house carpenter[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm weepin' for my babies three.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh what are those hills yonder, my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey look as white as snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose are the hill of heaven, my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou and I'll never  know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh what are those hills yonder, my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey look as dark  as  night[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose are the hills of hell-fire my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere you and  I  will unite[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh twice around went the gallant ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm sure it was not three[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it drifted to the bottom of the sea[/tab]","plain_text":"House Carpenter\nBy: Bob Dylan\n\n\nInto: D C G D\n\n\"This is a story about a ghost that came back\nfrom out at sea, come to take his bride away \nfrom the house carpenter...\"","chords":["D","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}