Capo 3 Banjo intro: (play G)
(still banjo)
G Cadd6"well met, well met
Gand I know true love
well met, well met", said he
F* (* see note)
"I'm just returning
from the salt, salt sea
and it's all for the love of thee"
"come in, come in
Gmy own true love
G Cadd6and have a seat with me
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
G Cadd6
"no I can't come in
and I can't sit down
Cadd6 Gfor I have but a moment's time
Fthey say that you're married
to a house carpenter
G (rest of the band comes in)
and your heart shall never be mine"
G Cadd6
"well I could have married
Ga king's daughter fair
she would have mar-ried me
Fbut I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
"now will you forsake on
Gyour house carpenter
Cadd6 Gand go along with me?
I'll take you where
The grass grows green
GOn the banks of the bitter reeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
She pick'd up her wee little babe
Cadd6 GAnd kisses gave it three saying,
F"stay right here my darling little one
keep your papa company"
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
G Cadd6
Now they had not been
GOn the ship two weeks
I swear it was not three
FWhen his true love began
To weep and moan
And she wept most bitterly
"now are you weeping
Gfor my silver and gold
Cadd6 G Fare you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
Gthat you ne'er shall see no more?"
G Cadd6
a curse, a curse
Gon the sailor she cried
a curse, a curse she swore
F"you robbed me of my sweet little babe
Gthat I ne'er shall see no more!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
(Slower)
G Cadd6well, they had not been
on the ship three weeks
Cadd6 GI swear it was not four
FUntil there came a leak in the ship
G end.
And she sank to rise no more...
* The guitar during this section does little variations. I suggest if playing by yourself play:
Fadd9 F Fmaj7 F Fadd9 F Famj7 G
Xx 32 13 3211 3210 3211To give it a more complete and richer sound.
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