Tom: Am
A G C A
Well met, well met, my own true love
A G C E
Well met, well met, cried he
A A G G
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
C E A A
And it's all for the sake of thee
A G C A
I could have married a King's daughter there
A G C E
So freely she was with me
A A G G
But I have forsaken a crown of gold
C E A A
It's all for the sake of thee
[Verse 2]
A G C A
If you could have married a King's daughter there
A G C E
I'm sure you are to blame
A A G G
For I've recently wedded a house carpenter
C E A A
And I think he's a fine young man
[Verse 3]
A G C A
Will you forsake your house carpenter
A G C E
And come and go along with me
A A G G
I'll take you to where the grass grows green
C E A A
On the banks of sweet Italy
[Verse 4]
A G C A
Well she picked up her dear little babe
A G C E
Kisses she gave him three
A A G G
Saying "stay at home my dearest babe
C E A A
And keep your daddy company."
[Verse 5]
A G C A
They had not been sailin' but about two days
A G C E
I'm sure it was not three
A A G G
When this fair lady began to weep
C E A A
And she wept most bitterly
[Verse 6]
A G C A
"Why are you weepin' my dearest dear?
A G C E
Are you weepin' for my golden store?"
A A G G
Or are you weeping for your house carpenter
C E A A
Whose face you'll never see anymore?
[Verse 7]
A G C A
"I am not weepin' for my house carpenter
A G C E
Nor for any store
A A G G
But I am weepin' for my own dear babe
C E A A
Whose face I'll never see anymore."
[Verse 8]
A G C A
What hills, what hillls are those, my dear
A G C E
What hills so fair and high
A A G G
Those are the hills of heaven, my dear
C E A A
But not for you or I
[Verse 9]
A G C A
What hills, what hills are those, my love
A G C E
What hills so dark and low
A A G G
Those are the hills of hell my dear
C E A A
Where you and I must go
[Verse 10]
A G C A
They had not been sailin' but about three days
A G C E
I'm sure that it was not four
A A G G
When the ship sprang a leak in the bottom of the deck
C E A A
And she sank for to ride no more
