Careless Love chords by Dave Van Ronk

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