The Mary Ellen Carter Chords by Stan Rogers

_ _ _ [Am] _ Rise again, [D] _ _
[G] rise again, _ that [C] her name not be lost [G] to the [D] knowledge of those _ [G] _ who loved her best,
[C] and were with her [G] till the end, [D] we'll make the [Am] Mary Ellen [D] Carter [G] rise again. _ _
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[D] _ [G] She went down last October [C] in a pouring, [G] driving rain, [Am] the skipper he'd been drinking [C] and the maid he felt no pain,
[Gm] too close to three-mile rock and she [C] was dealt her mortal [G] blow, [Am] and the Mary Ellen Carter settled low. _
[G] There was just us five aboard her [C] when she finally [G] was awash, [Am] we'd worked like hell to save her, [C] all heedless [D] of her [G] cost,
and the groan she gave as she went [C] down it caused us to [G] proclaim that [Am] the Mary Ellen Carter [G] would rise again.
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[C] _ _ _ [D] [G] Well, the owners wrote her off, [C] not an echo [G] would dispel, [Am] she gave twenty years of service, [C] boys that met her saw her [D] end,
[G] but insurance paid the loss to [C] us, so let her [G] rest below, [Am] then they laughed at us and said we [D] had to go.
_ [Am] [G] We talked of her all winter, [C] some [G] days around the clock, [Am] for she's worth a quarter million, [C] uploaded [D] at the [G] dock,
and with every jar that hit the bar [C] we swore we would [G] remain and [Am] make the Mary [D] Ellen Carter [G] rise again.
Come on!
[Am] [Em] Rise [D] again, _
[G] rise again, [C] that her name not be lost [G] to the knowledge of men,
those who loved her best [C] and were [D] with her [G] till the end, we'll [Am] make the Mary [Dm] Ellen Carter [G] rise again.
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[G] All spring now we've been with her [C] on a [G] barge lent by a friend, [Am] three dives a day in a hard hat [C] suit, and twice I've [G] had to bend,
thank God it's only sixty feet [C] and the [G] currents here are slow, [Am] or I'd never have the strength to go [D] below.
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[G] We patched her vents, stocked her [C] vents, dog patched [G] and put all down, [Am] or cables to her for a [C] nap and [G] girded her around,
tomorrow noon we'll hit the [C] air and then [G] take up the strain [Am] and make the Mary [D] Ellen Carter [G] rise again.
[D] Rise _ again, [G] rise _ again, [C] that her name not be [G] lost to the knowledge [D] of men, [G] those who loved her best and [C] were with [G] her till the end,
we'll make [Am] the Mary Ellen [Dm] Carter [G] rise again. _
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_ _ _ Or we couldn't leave her there, you [C] see, to crumble [G] into skin, [Am] she'd saved our lives so many [C] times, living [D] through the gills,
[G] and the laughing drunken rats who [C] left her to a [G] sorry grave, [Am] they won't be laughing in [D] another day.
_ [Am] [G] And you to whom adversity [C] has dealt the [G] final blow, [Am] with smiling bastards lying [C] to you everywhere [G] you go,
turn to and put out all your [C] strength of arm and [G] heart and make [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter [G] rise again.
[D] Rise again, [G] rise [D] [Em] again, [G] though [C] your heart it be broken [G] and life about [D] to end, [G] no matter what you've lost,
be [C] it a [G] home, a love, a friend, [Am] make the Mary [D] Ellen [G] Carter rise again. Come on!
_ [Am] Rise again, [Em] rise _ [D] again, [C] though your heart it be [G] broken and life [D] about to end, [G] no matter what you've lost,
be it a home, a love, a friend, [Am] make the Mary [D] Ellen [G] Carter rise again. _ _ _ _
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