house carpenter Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Well met, wel[C]l met, my own true lov[D]e
Well met, [C]well met, cried [F]he
[A]I've jus[D]t returned from the sal[C]t,
salt sea
And it's [D]all for the [C]sake of [D]thee
I could have [C]married a

[Verse 2]
King's daughter [D]there
So freely she [C]was with [F]me
[A]But I h[D]ave forsaken a crow[C]n of gold
It's [D]all for the [C]sake of [D]thee

[Verse 3]
If you could have [C]married a
King's daughter there
[D]I'm sure you are[C] to bla[F]me
[A]For I've rec[D]ently wedded
a [C]house carpenter
And I [D]think he's a [C]fine [D]young man

[Verse 4]
Will [D]you for[C]sake your house carpen[D]ter
And come and [C]go along with [F]me[A]
I'll [D]take you to where the
[C]grass grows green
On the [D]banks of sweet [C]Italy
[D]

[Verse 5]
Well she picked [C]up her
dear [D]little babe
Kisses she [C]gave him [F]three
[A]Saying "st[D]ay at home my
[C]dearest babe
And keep [D]your daddy
[C]com[D]pany."

[Verse 6]
They had not [C]been sailin'
but about two [D]days
I'm sure it was [C]not [A]three
When this [D]fair lady [C]began
to weep
And she wept [D]most [C]bit[D]terly
"Why are [C]you weepin' my dearest

[Verse 7]
[D]dear?
Are you weepin' for
[C]my golden [F]store?"[C]
[A]Or are [D]you weeping for
[C]your house carpenter
[D]Whose face you'll [C]never see anymore?

[Verse 8]
[D]"I am not[C] weepin' for
my house car[D]penter
Nor [C]for any [F]store
[A]But [D]I am weepin' for
[C]my own dear babe
Whose face [D]I'll nev[C]er see
any[D]more."

[Verse 9]
What hills, [C]what hillls are those,
my [D]dear
What hills [C]so fair [F]and high
[A]Those are[D] the hills of hea[C]ven, my dear
But [D]not for [C]you [D]or I
What hills, what [C]hills are

[Verse 10]
those, [D]my love
What hills so [C]dark and [F]low
[A]Those are[D] the hills of hel[C]l my dear
Where [D]you and [C]I must g[D]o

[Verse 11]
They had not been [C]sailin'
but about three [D]days
I'm sure that it [C]was not [F]four
[A]When the shi[D]p sprang a leak
in the [C]bottom of the deck
And she [D]sank for to [C]ride no [D]more