Biography:
Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter. After rising to fame at the helm of the popular folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant enjoyed even greater success as a solo artist during the mid-'90s. Her literate, socially conscious songs established her among the preeminent women in pop music, while her solo debut -- 1995's Tigerlily -- helped pave the way for a number of female performers in a pre-Lilith Fair market.
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Other songs:
- I May Know The Word
- Motherland
- San Andreas Fault
- Wonder
- Adventures Of Isabel
- Beloved Wife
- Black Sheep
- Break Your Heart
- Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
- Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow Tree
- Carnival
- Cowboy Romance
- Equestrienne
- Frozen Charlotte
- Giving Up Everything
- Gulf Of Araby
- House Carpenter
- If No One Ever Marries Me
- Im Not Gonna Beg
- Jealousy
- Kind And Generous
- King Of May
- Ladybird
- Letter
- Life Is Sweet
- Lulu
- Maggie And Millie And Molly And May
- My Skin
- Ophelia
- Owensboro
- Put The Law On You
- River
- Saint Judas
- Sally Ann
- Seven Years
- Spring And Fall To A Young Child
- Tell Yourself
- Texas
- The Letter
- The Living
- The Worst Thing
- Thick As Thieves
- Weeping Pilgrim
- When They Ring The Golden Bells
- Where I Go
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HOUSE CARPENTER (traditional arr. Natalie Merchant on "The House Carpenter's Daughter)
Tabbed by Izzylou
Capo 3 Banjo intro: (play G)
(still banjo)
G Cadd6
"well met, well met
G
and I know true love
Cadd6
well met, well met", said he
F* (* see note)
"I'm just returning
from the salt, salt sea
G
and it's all for the love of thee"
G Cadd6
"come in, come in
G
my own true love
G Cadd6
and have a seat with me
F
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
G Cadd6
"no I can't come in
G
and I can't sit down
Cadd6 G
for I have but a moment's time
F
they say that you're married
to a house carpenter
G (rest of the band comes in)
and your heart shall never be mine"
G Cadd6
"well I could have married
G
a king's daughter fair
Cadd6 G
she would have mar-ried me
F
but I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
G Cadd6
"now will you forsake on
G
your house carpenter
Cadd6 G
and go along with me?
F
I'll take you where
The grass grows green
G
On the banks of the bitter reeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
G Cadd6 G
She pick'd up her wee little babe
Cadd6 G
And kisses gave it three saying,
F
"stay right here my darling little one
G
keep your papa company"
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
G Cadd6
Now they had not been
G
On the ship two weeks
Cadd6 G
I swear it was not three
F
When his true love began
To weep and moan
G
And she wept most bitterly
G Cadd6
"now are you weeping
G
for my silver and gold
Cadd6 G F
are you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
G
that you ne'er shall see no more?"
G Cadd6
A curse, A curse
G
on the sailor she cried
Cadd6 G
a curse, a curse she swore
F
"you robbed me of my sweet little babe
G
that I ne'er shall see no more!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
(Slower)
G Cadd6
well, they had not been
G
on the ship three weeks
Cadd6 G
I swear it was not four
F
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.
Cadd6 x3203
Tabbed by Izzylou
Capo 3 Banjo intro: (play G)
(still banjo)
G Cadd6
"well met, well met
G
and I know true love
Cadd6
well met, well met", said he
F* (* see note)
"I'm just returning
from the salt, salt sea
G
and it's all for the love of thee"
G Cadd6
"come in, come in
G
my own true love
G Cadd6
and have a seat with me
F
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
G Cadd6
"no I can't come in
G
and I can't sit down
Cadd6 G
for I have but a moment's time
F
they say that you're married
to a house carpenter
G (rest of the band comes in)
and your heart shall never be mine"
G Cadd6
"well I could have married
G
a king's daughter fair
Cadd6 G
she would have mar-ried me
F
but I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
G Cadd6
"now will you forsake on
G
your house carpenter
Cadd6 G
and go along with me?
F
I'll take you where
The grass grows green
G
On the banks of the bitter reeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
G Cadd6 G
She pick'd up her wee little babe
Cadd6 G
And kisses gave it three saying,
F
"stay right here my darling little one
G
keep your papa company"
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
G Cadd6
Now they had not been
G
On the ship two weeks
Cadd6 G
I swear it was not three
F
When his true love began
To weep and moan
G
And she wept most bitterly
G Cadd6
"now are you weeping
G
for my silver and gold
Cadd6 G F
are you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
G
that you ne'er shall see no more?"
G Cadd6
A curse, A curse
G
on the sailor she cried
Cadd6 G
a curse, a curse she swore
F
"you robbed me of my sweet little babe
G
that I ne'er shall see no more!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
(Slower)
G Cadd6
well, they had not been
G
on the ship three weeks
Cadd6 G
I swear it was not four
F
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.
Cadd6 x3203
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