House Carpenter Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek - House Carpenter
September 19, 2002
Capo 2
Intro Em D Bm C D
All mandolin breaks in the song follow the same
chords as verse.
[Em]Well Met, Well Met, Said an old true love.
Well Met, Well Met, Said He
I just returned from the s[D]alt, salt [Bm]sea. And it's a[C]ll for
the lo[D]ve of th[Em]ee.
[Em]Come In, Come in, My Own true love
and have a seat by me
It's been three-fourths of a l[D]ong, long y[Bm]ear since to[C]gether
[D]we have b[Em]een
[Em]I can't come in and I can't sit down,
for I've only a moment's time.
They say you're married to a ho[D]use capen[Bm]ter and your h[C]eart
will ne[D]ver be m[Em]ine
[Em]I could've married the king's daughter fair
And she would've married me.
But I have forsaken her cr[D]owns of g[Bm]old, and it's a[C]ll for
the lo[D]ve of th[Em]ee
[Em]Now will you forsake your house carpenter,
And go along with me?
I'll take you wher the gr[D]ass grows gr[Bm]een on the ba[C]nks of the
[D]deep blue s[Em]ea.
[Em]Then she picked up her darling little babe
and kisses she gave it three.
Saying stay right here you dar[D]ling little [Bm]babe, and k[C]eep
your papa c[D]ompan[Em]y.
[Em]They had not been on the ship two weeks
I'm sure it was not three.
'Til this true love began to we[D]ep and to m[Bm]ourn and she we[C]pt
most [D]bitterl[Em]y.
[Em]Saying are you weeping for my silver and my gold?
Saying are you weeping for my store?
Or are you weeping for your ho[D]use carpen[Bm]ter, whose f[C]ace
you'll never s[D]ee no mo[Em]re?
[Em]I am not weeping for your silver and your gold.
I am not weeping for your store.
No, I am weeping for my darl[D]ing little b[Bm]abe whose f[C]ace i'll
never s[D]ee no mo[Em]re
[Em]A curse, a curse to the sailor she cried.
A curse, A Curse she swore.
You robbed me of my da[D]rling little [Bm]babe. That I[C] shall never
[D]see no mo[Em]re.
[Em]They had not been on the ship three weeks.
I'm sure is was not four.
When there came a leak in the bo[D]ttem of the s[Bm]hip and s[C]ank
the for to r[D]ise no m[Em]ore.
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