Capo 2 Intro E5 D5 B5 C5 D5 All mandolin breaks in the song follow the same chords as verse. E5 Well Met, Well Met, Said an old true love. Well Met, Well Met, Said He D5 B5 C5 I just returned from the salt, salt sea. And it's all for D5 E5 the love of thee. E5 Come In, Come in, My Own true love and have a seat by me D5 B5 C5 It's been three-fourths of a long, long year since together D5 E5 we have been E5 I can't come in and I can't sit down, for I've only a moment's time. D5 B5 C5 They say you're married to a house capenter and your heart D5 E5 will never be mine E5 I could've married the king's daughter fair And she would've married me. D5 B5 C5 But I have forsaken her crowns of gold, and it's all for D5 E5 the love of thee E5 Now will you forsake your house carpenter, And go along with me? D5 B5 C5 I'll take you wher the grass grows green on the banks of the D5 E5 deep blue sea. E5 Then she picked up her darling little babe and kisses she gave it three. D5 B5 C5 Saying stay right here you darling little babe, and keep D5 E5 your papa company. E5 They had not been on the ship two weeks I'm sure it was not three. D5 B5 C5 'Til this true love began to weep and to mourn and she wept D5 E5 most bitterly. E5 Saying are you weeping for my silver and my gold? Saying are you weeping for my store? D5 B5 C5 Or are you weeping for your house carpenter, whose face D5 E5 you'll never see no more? E5 I am not weeping for your silver and your gold. I am not weeping for your store. D5 B5 C5 No, I am weeping for my darling little babe whose face i'll D5 E5 never see no more E5 A curse, a curse to the sailor she cried. A curse, A Curse she swore. D5 B5 C5 You robbed me of my darling little babe. That I shall never D5 E5 see no more. E5 They had not been on the ship three weeks. I'm sure is was not four. D5 B5 C5 When there came a leak in the bottem of the ship and sank D5 E5 the for to rise no more.
