4 Chords used in the song: Dm, Bb, C, Am
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Dm Bb C Dm
"Well met, well met, my own true love,
Dm C Dm
well met, well met," cried he.
Dm Bb C Am
"I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
Bb C Dm
all for the love of thee."
Dm Bb C Dm
"I could have married the King's daughter dear,
Dm C Dm
she would have married me.
Dm Bb C Am
But I have forsaken her crowns of gold
Bb C Dm
all for the love of thee."
Dm Bb C Dm
"Well, if you could have married the King's daughter dear,
Dm C Dm
I'm sure you are to blame,
Dm Bb C Am
For I am married to a house carpenter,
Bb C Dm
and find him a nice young man."
Dm Bb C Dm
"Oh, will you forsake your house carpenter
Dm C Dm
and go along with me?
Dm Bb C Am
I'll take you to where the grass grows green,
Bb C Dm
to the banks of the salt, salt sea."
Dm Bb C Dm
"Well, if I should forsake my house carpenter
Dm C Dm
and go along with thee,
Dm Bb C Am
What have you got to maintain me on
Bb C Dm
and keep me from poverty?"
Dm Bb C Dm
"Six ships, six ships all out on the sea,
Dm C Dm
seven more upon dry land,
Dm Bb C Am
One hundred and ten all brave sailor men
Bb C Dm
will be at your command."
Dm Bb C Dm
She picked up her own wee babe,
Dm C Dm
kisses gave him three,
Dm Bb C Am
Said "Stay right here with my house carpenter
Bb C Dm
and keep him good company.
Dm Bb C Dm
Then she putted on her rich attire,
Dm C Dm
so glorious to behold.
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And as she trod along her way,
Bb C Dm
she shown like the glittering gold.
Dm Bb C Dm
Well, they'd not been gone but about two weeks,
Dm C Dm
I know it was not three.
Dm Bb C Am
When this fair lady began to weep,
Bb C Dm
she wept most bitterly.
Dm Bb C Dm
"Ah, why do you weep, my fair young maid,
Dm C Dm
weep it for your golden store?
Dm Bb C Am
Or do you weep for your house carpenter
Bb C Dm
who never you shall see anymore?"
Dm Bb C Dm
"I do not weep for my house carpenter
Dm C Dm
or for any golden store.
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I do weep for my own wee babe,
Bb C Dm
who never I shall see anymore."
Dm Bb C Dm
Well, they'd not been gone but about three weeks,
Dm C Dm
I'm sure it was not four.
Dm Bb C Am
Our gallant ship sprang a leak and sank,
Bb C Dm
never to rise anymore.
Dm Bb C Dm
One time around spun our gallant ship,
Dm C Dm
two times around spun she,
Dm Bb C Am
Three times around spun our gallant ship
Bb C Dm
and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Dm Bb C Dm
"What hills, what hills are those, my love,
Dm C Dm
that rise so fair and high?"
Dm Bb C Am
"Those are the hills of heaven, my love,
Bb C Dm
but not for you and I."
Dm Bb C Dm
"And what hills, what hills are those, my love,
Dm C Dm
those hills so dark and low?"
Dm Bb C Am
"Those are the hills of hell, my love,
Bb C Dm
where you and I must go."
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