Standard Tuning, No Capo Dave Van Ronk plays this with bar chords, meaning the alternative to the chords below are: (capo on 5) A=E, E=B, D=A If you throw in E7s in open chords, it still sounds good. Intro: A/E/A/E/A/E A E A E/A/E Well it's love, oh love oh careless love A A E E Well it's love, oh love oh careless love A A7 D D7 Well You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan A E A E/A/E You caused me to lose my happy home
A E A E/A/E Well it's sorrow, sorrow to my heart A A E E Well it's sorrow, sorrow to my heart A A7 D D7 Well it's sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, to my heart A E A E/A/E Since me and my true love had to part A E A E/A/E Well when my apron strings did pin A A E E When my apron strings did pin A A7 D D7 Well when my apron strings did pin A E A E/A/E You'd pass my door but you wouldn't come in A E A E/A/E I cried last night and the night before A A E E I cried last night and the night before A A7 D D7 I cried last night, the night before A E A E/A/E Gonna cry tonight, won't cry no more A E A E/A/E Well it's love, oh love oh careless love A A E E Well it's love, oh love oh careless love A A7 D D7 Well You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan A E A E You caused me to lose my happy home A A E I wish the lord my train would come A A E E I wish the lord my train would come A A7 D D7 I wish the lord my train would come A E A E/A/E And take me back where I come from A E A E/A/E Well it's love, oh love oh careless love A A E E Well it's love, oh love oh careless love A A7 D D7 Well You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan A E A E/A/E