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Capo 3 Banjo intro: (play G)
(still banjo)
SOL DOadd6
"well met, well met
SOL
and I know true love
DOadd6
well met, well met", said he
F* (* see note)
"I'm just returning
from the salt, salt sea
SOL
and it's all for the love of thee"
SOL DOadd6
"come in, come in
SOL
my own true love
SOL DOadd6
and have a seat with me
FA
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
SOL DOadd6
"no I can't come in
SOL
and I can't sit down
DOadd6 SOL
for I have but a moment's time
FA
they say that you're married
to a house carpenter
G (rest of the band comes in)
and your heart shall never be mine"
SOL DOadd6
"well I could have married
SOL
a king's daughter fair
DOadd6 SOL
she would have mar-ried me
FA
but I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
SOL DOadd6
"now will you forsake on
SOL
your house carpenter
DOadd6 SOL
and go along with me?
FA
I'll take you where
The grass grows green
SOL
On the banks of the bitter reeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
SOL DOadd6 SOL
She pick'd up her wee little babe
DOadd6 SOL
And kisses gave it three saying,
FA
"stay right here my darling little one
SOL
keep your papa company"
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
SOL DOadd6
Now they had not been
SOL
On the ship two weeks
DOadd6 SOL
I swear it was not three
FA
When his true love began
To weep and moan
SOL
And she wept most bitterly
SOL DOadd6
"now are you weeping
SOL
for my silver and gold
DOadd6 SOL FA
are you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
SOL
that you ne'er shall see no more?"
SOL DOadd6
a curse, a curse
SOL
on the sailor she cried
DOadd6 SOL
a curse, a curse she swore
FA
"you robbed me of my sweet little babe
SOL
that I ne'er shall see no more!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
(Slower)
SOL DOadd6
well, they had not been
SOL
on the ship three weeks
DOadd6 SOL
I swear it was not four
FA
Until 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 3211
EADGBe
To give it a more complete and richer sound.
DOadd6 x3203
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