Chords for The Mariner's Revenge Song

Tempo:
134.25 bpm
Chords used:

E

Am

F

Dm

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Mariner's Revenge Song chords
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[Am]
We are two mariners, our ship's sole survivors
In this belly of [E] a whale
Its ribs are sealing beams, its guts are carpeting
I guess we have some [Am] time to kill
You may not remember me, I was a child of three
And you a lad of [E]
eighteen
But I remember you, and I will relate to you
How our history's in [Am] a weave
[F] At the time you were a rake and a [Am] rastabout
[F] Spending all your money on boys [E] and howls
[F] [E] [Am]
You had a charming air, all cheap and debonair
My widowed mother found [E] so sweet
And so she took you in, her sheets still warm with him
Now filled with filth and [G] foul [Am] disease
[F] As time wore on, you proved it, dead, ridden, drunk [Am] and mad
[F] Leaving my mother a poor [E] consumptive rat
[F] Oh, [E] [Am] oh, and then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears, the only thing you left [E]
behind
And then the magistrate reclaimed our small estate
And my poor mother lost [Am] her mind
[F] Then one day in spring my dear sweet mother [Am] died
But [F] before she did, I took her hand as she dying [E] cried
[F] Oh, [E] [Dm] oh, and
[Am]
then you disappeared
It
[Dm]
[E]
[F] [E]
[Am] [G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[G] [A] [E]
[Am] took me fifteen [G] [Am] years to swallow all my tears
Among the urchins in [Em] the [E] street
Until a friary [Em] [E] took pity and hired me
To keep their best rate [Am] nice and near
But [F] never once in the employ of [Am] these holy men
[F] Did I ever once turn my mind from the thought [E] of revenge [F] Oh
[E] [Am]
One night I overheard the prior exchanging words
[E] With a penitent whaler from the sea
The captain of his ship, who matched you totative
Was known for one [Am] cruelty
[F] The following day I shipped to sea with a [Am] privateer
[F] And in the whistle of the wind I could [E] almost hear her air [F] Oh
[E]
[Dm] And
[Am]
to our [Dm]
wicked grief [E]
[F]
[E] [C]
there is one thing [G] I must say to you
[C] As you sail [G] across the sea
[Am] Always your [Em] mother will watch over you
[F]
As you avenge [E] this wicked deed
[C]
[Dm] And
[Am]
[F] [Am] [F] [Dm]
[E]
[Dm]
[Am]
[F] [Am]
[Dm]
[E]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm]
[E]
[Am]
then that fateful [Ab] [Am] night we had [B] you [Am] in our sight
After twenty months [Abm] at [A] [E] sea
Your starboard flank abeam, I was getting my muskets clean
When came this rumbling [A] from beneath
[F] The ocean shook, the sky went black, and the captain [Am] quailed
And [F] before us flew the angry joys of a giant
[E] whale
[C]
[F] [Em] [F]
Don't [E]
[F]
know how I [D] survived, [Am] the cruel was chewed alive
I must have slipped [Em] between [E] his teeth
But oh what providence, what divine intelligence
That you should survive as [G] well as [Am]
me
[F] It gives my eye great joy to see your eyes fill with [Am] fear
[F] So lean in close and I will whisper the last words [E] you'll hear
[F] Oh
[E] [C] [Bm]
[Am]
[D]
[Dm] [E]
[F] [E] [D]
[Am]
[D]
[E] [F] [E]
[D]
[Am]
[D] [G]
[E] [F] [E]
[F] [G] [D]
[Am] [D]
[E]
[F] [E] [D]
[Am]
[D]
[E] [F]
[E] [Am]
Key:  
E
2311
Am
2311
F
134211111
Dm
2311
G
2131
E
2311
Am
2311
F
134211111
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To learn The Decemberists - The Mariners Revenge Song chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Am, F, E, Am, E and F. Ease into the song by practicing at 67 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 134 BPM. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: A Minor.

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We are two mariners, our ship's sole survivors
In this belly of [E] a whale
_ Its ribs are sealing beams, its guts are _ carpeting
I guess we have some [Am] time to kill
_ You _ may not remember me, I was a child of three
And you a lad of [E]
eighteen
_ _ _ _ But I remember you, and I will relate to you
How our history's in [Am] a weave _ _
[F] At the time you were a rake and a _ [Am] rastabout _ _ _
_ [F] _ Spending all your money on boys [E] and _ _ howls
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
You had a charming air, all cheap and _ debonair
My widowed mother found [E] so _ sweet
_ _ And so she took you in, her sheets still warm with him
Now filled with filth and [G] foul [Am] _ disease _
[F] As time wore on, you proved it, dead, ridden, drunk [Am] and _ mad _
_ [F] _ Leaving my mother a poor _ _ [E] consumptive rat _ _ _
_ [F] Oh, [E] _ _ [Am] oh, and then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears, the only thing you left [E] _
behind
_ _ And then the _ magistrate reclaimed our small estate
And my poor mother lost [Am] her mind _
_ [F] Then one day in spring my dear sweet mother [Am] _ died _
But [F] before she did, I took her hand as she dying [E] cried _ _
_ [F] Oh, _ [E] _ _ [Dm] oh, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
then you disappeared
_ It _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ took me fifteen [G] [Am] years to swallow all my tears
Among the urchins in [Em] the [E] street _ _
Until _ _ a friary [Em] _ [E] took pity and hired me
To keep their best rate [Am] nice and near _
But _ [F] never _ once in the employ of [Am] these holy _ _ men
_ _ [F] Did I ever once turn my mind from the thought [E] of revenge _ _ _ _ [F] Oh
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
One night I overheard the prior exchanging words
[E] With a penitent whaler from the sea
_ _ The _ captain of his ship, who matched you totative
Was known for one _ [Am] cruelty
_ _ [F] The following day I shipped to sea with a _ [Am] privateer
_ _ _ [F] And in the whistle of the wind I could [E] almost hear her _ air [F] Oh
_ [E] _
_ _ [Dm] And _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
to our _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
wicked grief _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
there is one thing [G] I must say to you
_ [C] _ _ As you sail [G] across the _ sea _ _
[Am] _ Always _ your [Em] mother will watch over _ you
[F] _ _
As you avenge [E] this wicked _ _ deed
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ _ And _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
then that fateful [Ab] [Am] night we had [B] you [Am] in our sight
After twenty months [Abm] at [A] _ [E] sea
_ Your starboard flank abeam, I was getting my muskets clean
When came this rumbling [A] from beneath
_ _ _ _ [F] _ The ocean shook, the sky went black, and the captain [Am] quailed _ _ _
And [F] before us flew the angry joys of a giant _
[E] whale
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F]
Don't _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
know how I [D] survived, [Am] the cruel was chewed alive
I must have slipped [Em] between [E] his teeth
_ _ _ But oh what providence, what divine intelligence
_ That you should survive as [G] well as [Am]
me
_ _ [F] It gives my eye great joy to see your eyes fill with [Am] fear
_ _ [F] So lean in close and I will whisper the last words [E] you'll hear
_ _ _ [F] Oh
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _

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