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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">House Carpenter</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Trad (arr. Bob Dylan)<br />
  17 Recorded Nov 22, 1961 during the <a class="recordlink" href="../01_bobdylan/index.htm">Bob Dylan</a> sessions. Released
  18 on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  20
  21 <p>Dropped D tuning (D-A-d-g-b-e')</p>
  22
  23 <p>The chords, the little figures and the playing style is the same as in
  24 numerous other dropped D-tunes from the early days. And as always,
  25 there is some variation in the way the descent D - C9 - G/b is
  26 executed. Quite often both in the C9 and in the G/b the bass tone is
  27 reached by a hammer-on from the open 5th string.</p>
  28
  29 <p>In the third line there is some variation between the verses
  30 concerning which bass tones are played. Some verses have the version
  31 of the interlude written out below, with only C9 &ndash; others have the
  32 version of the first verse.</p>
  33
  34 <p>Chords:</p>
  35 <pre class="chords">
  36 D    000232
  37 C9   x30030 (actually Cadd9)
  38 G/b  x20030
  39 </pre>
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  43 <pre class="tab">
  44   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
  45 |-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-2---2-2-2-------|----
  46 |.----3--(3)3-3--.|-----3---3-3-3---|-----3-3-----|-3---3-3-3-------|----
  47 |-----2--(2)2-2---|-----2---2-2-2---|-----0-0-----|-2---2-2-2-------|---- etc.
  48 |-----0--(0)0-0---|-----0---0-0-0---|-----0-0-----|-0---------------|-0--
  49 |.----0--(0)0-0--.|-----------------|-0h3-----2---|-0-----------3---|----
  50 |-0---------------|-0---------------|-------------|-0---------------|----
  51 </pre>
  52 <pre class="verse">
  53      D         C9      G/b *)                   *) the b is often reached
  54 Well met, well met, my own true love               by a hammer-on from the
  55      D         C    G/b   D    **)                 open string.
  56 Well met, well met, cried she
  57      D                      C9   G/b            **)  :   .   .   .   :   .
  58 I've just returned from the salt, salt sea         |-----2-2-2-------------
  59          D           C)   G/b D  **)               |-----3-3-3-------------
  60 And it's all for the love of thee                  |-----2-2-2-------------
  61                                                    |-----------------0-----etc
  62 I could have married a King's daughter there       |-------------3---------
  63 She would have married me                          |-0---------------------
  64 But I have forsaken my King's daughter there
  65 It's all for the love of thee
  66 </pre>
  67 <pre class="tab">
  68 Interlude verse (keep strumming the chords):
  69   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  70 |-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-3---------------|-----------------
  71 |-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-2---------------|-----------------
  72 |-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-3---------------|-----------------
  73 |-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------
  74 |-0---------------|-3-------2-------|-0-----------3---|-----------------
  75 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------
  76 </pre>
  77 <pre class="tab">
  78   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  79 |-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-3---------------|-----------------
  80 |-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-2---------------|-----------------
  81 |-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-3---------------|-----------------
  82 |-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----------------
  83 |-0---------------|-3-------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------
  84 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------
  85 </pre>
  86 <pre class="tab">
  87   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  88 |-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------
  89 |-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------
  90 |-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------
  91 |-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------
  92 |-0---------------|-0h3-------------|-0h3-------------|-0h3-------------
  93 |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  94 </pre>
  95 <pre class="tab">
  96   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  97 |-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-3---------------|-----------------
  98 |-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-2---------------|-----------------
  99 |-2---------------|-0-------0-------|-3---------------|-----------------
 100 |-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------
 101 |-0---------------|-3-------2-------|-0-----------3---|-----------------
 102 |-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------
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 104
 105 <pre class="verse">
 106 Well, if you could have married a King's daughter there
 107 I'm sure you're the one to blame
 108 For I am married to a house carpenter
 109 And I'm sure he's a fine young man
 110
 111 Forsake, forsake your house carpenter
 112 And come away with me
 113 I'll take you to where the green grass grows
 114 On the shores of sunny Italy
 115
 116 So up she picked her babies three
 117 And gave them kisses, one, two, three
 118 Saying &quot;take good care of your daddy while I'm gone
 119 And keep him good company.&quot;
 120
 121 Well, they were sailin' about two weeks
 122 I'm sure it was not three
 123 When the younger of the girls, she came on deck
 124 Sayin' she wants company
 125
 126 &quot;Well, are you weepin' for your house and home?
 127 Or are you weepin' for your babies three?&quot;
 128 &quot;Well, I'm not weepin' for my house carpenter
 129 I'm weepin' for my babies three.&quot;
 130
 131 Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
 132 They look as white as snow
 133 Those are the hill of heaven, my love
 134 You and I'll never know
 135
 136 Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
 137 They look as dark as night
 138 Those are the hills of hell-fire my love
 139 Where you and I will unite
 140
 141 Oh twice around went the gallant ship
 142 I'm sure it was not three
 143 When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak
 144 And it drifted to the bottom of the sea
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