Sam Shackleton — House Carpenter

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Standard tuning, Capo on 6
Hard to translate banjo picking into guitar chords, but use these as a start
Play only the lower 4 strings to get the closest sound
Alternative would be Capo on 1 and play Dm and C


[Verse 1]
      Am                G
"Oh I met, well met, my one true love"
     Am             G    Am
Oh I met, well met" said he
      Am                   G
"I've just returned to the salt, salt sea
         Am               G  Am
And it's all for the love of thee"

[Verse 2]
   Am         G           Am
"I could have married the King's daughter fair
Am             G       Am
She would have married me
    Am                 G
But now I forsakened a crown of gold
         Am               G  Am
And it's all for the love of thee"

[Interlude]
Am G
Am G Am
Am G
Am G Am

[Verse 3]
    Am                 G
"Oh can he come in and can he sit down
  Am           G      Am
I have but a moment's time
Am                           G
They say you're married to a house carpenter
         Am               G      Am
And your heart, it will never be mine"

[Verse 4]
   Am                G
Oh she picked up her darling wee babe
    Am              G   Am
And kisses she gave him three
        Am              G
Saying "Stay at home my darling wee babe
    Am                  G Am
And keep your father company"

[Verse 5]
        Am             G
Oh then he jumped on a big white steed
    Am          G   Am
And her on a dapple grey
         Am             G
And they rode until the banks of the sea
      Am                     G  Am
Three hours before the break of day

[Interlude]
Am G
Am G Am
Am G
Am G Am
Am G
Am G Am

[Verse 6]
     Am                  G
They had not been on the ship two weeks
    Am          G   Am
I'm sure it was not three
  Am                         G
Until his true love began to weep and to mourn
    Am             G  Am
She cried oh so bitterly

[Verse 7]
    Am    G      Am
"Oh is it for my silver you weep
Am    G      Am
Is it for my gold?
   Am                        G
Or is it for the sake of the house carpenter
      Am                    G  Am
Whose face you'll never see no more"

[Verse 8]
         Am      G        Am
"Oh it's neither for your silver I weep
     Am      G        Am
It's neither for your gold
        Am                     G
Oh it's all for the sake of my bonnie wee babe
      Am                  G  Am
Whose face I'll never see no more"

[Verse 9]
   Am                     G
"A curse, a curse" to the sailor she cried
   Am              G    Am
"A curse, a curse" said she
        Am              G
"Oh you robbed me of my house carpenter
      Am                  G  Am
Whose face I'll never see no more"

[Interlude]
Am G
Am G Am
Am G
Am G Am
Am G
Am G Am
Am G
Am G Am

[Verse 10]
        Am                  G
Oh they had not been on the ship for three weeks
    Am          G   Am
I'm sure it was not four
      Am                         G
Until there sprang a leak in the bottom of the ship
       Am               G  Am
And it sunk for to rise no more

[Outro]
Am G
Am G Am
Am G
Am G Am