Chords for The Mary Ellen Carter
Tempo:
107.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Oh, she went down last October in a pouring, driving rain, [F#] The skipper [Bm] he'd been drinking [A] and the maid he felt no pain, Out close to Three Mile Rock and she was dealt a mortal blow, [F#] Then the Mary Ellen card had [E] settled low.
There [A] were just us four aboard her when [D] she [A] finally was awash, [F#] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all heebless of the [A] cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carther'd rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again.
[D] [A] Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, She [Bm] gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, and met her sorry [E] end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [A] had to go.
But we talked of her all winter, [D] sometimes days [A] around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million, [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the [D] bar, we [A] swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again.
All spring now we've been with her [E] on a barge, led by a friend, [B] Three dives a day in a hardhat [A] suit, and twice I've had the bends, Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow, [B] Or I'd never have the strength to go below.
[A] So we patched her rents, stocked her [D] vents, doghatched and [A] portaled down, [Bm] Put cables to her for an [D] aft and girded [A] her around, Tomorrow noon we'll hit the air and then take up the strain, And [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again.
Well we couldn't leave her there you see, to crumble into scale, [F#] She's saved our lives so many [D] times, fighting [E] through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [F#] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity has dealt its mortal blow, [Bm] We're smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, rise again.
[D] Though your heart it be broke [A] and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [Bm] Like the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [E] [A] rise again.
[D] Though your heart it be [A] broke and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [B] Like the Mary Ellen [A] Carther rise again.
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There [A] were just us four aboard her when [D] she [A] finally was awash, [F#] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all heebless of the [A] cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carther'd rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again.
[D] [A] Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, She [Bm] gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, and met her sorry [E] end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [A] had to go.
But we talked of her all winter, [D] sometimes days [A] around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million, [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the [D] bar, we [A] swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again.
All spring now we've been with her [E] on a barge, led by a friend, [B] Three dives a day in a hardhat [A] suit, and twice I've had the bends, Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow, [B] Or I'd never have the strength to go below.
[A] So we patched her rents, stocked her [D] vents, doghatched and [A] portaled down, [Bm] Put cables to her for an [D] aft and girded [A] her around, Tomorrow noon we'll hit the air and then take up the strain, And [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again.
Well we couldn't leave her there you see, to crumble into scale, [F#] She's saved our lives so many [D] times, fighting [E] through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [F#] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity has dealt its mortal blow, [Bm] We're smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, rise again.
[D] Though your heart it be broke [A] and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [Bm] Like the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [E] [A] rise again.
[D] Though your heart it be [A] broke and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [B] Like the Mary Ellen [A] Carther rise again.
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_ _ Oh, she went down last October in a pouring, driving rain, [F#] The skipper [Bm] he'd been drinking [A] and the maid he felt no pain, Out close to Three Mile Rock and she was dealt a mortal blow, [F#] Then the Mary Ellen card had [E] settled low.
There [A] were just us four aboard her when [D] she [A] finally was awash, [F#] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all heebless of the [A] cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carther'd rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ [A] _ Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, She [Bm] gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, and met her sorry [E] end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [A] had to go. _
But we talked of her all winter, [D] sometimes days [A] around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million, [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the [D] bar, we [A] swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ All spring now we've been with her [E] on a barge, led by a friend, [B] Three dives a day in a hardhat [A] suit, and twice I've had the bends, Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow, [B] Or I'd never have the strength to go below. _
[A] So we patched her rents, stocked her [D] vents, doghatched and [A] portaled down, [Bm] Put cables to her for an [D] aft and girded [A] her around, Tomorrow noon we'll hit the air and then take up the strain, And [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well we couldn't leave her there you see, to crumble into scale, [F#] She's saved our lives so many [D] times, fighting [E] through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [F#] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity has dealt its mortal blow, [Bm] We're smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, rise again.
_ [D] Though your heart it be broke [A] and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [Bm] Like the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, _ [Bm] rise again, [E] [A] rise again. _
[D] Though your heart it be [A] broke and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [B] Like the Mary Ellen [A] Carther rise again. _
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_ _ Oh, she went down last October in a pouring, driving rain, [F#] The skipper [Bm] he'd been drinking [A] and the maid he felt no pain, Out close to Three Mile Rock and she was dealt a mortal blow, [F#] Then the Mary Ellen card had [E] settled low.
There [A] were just us four aboard her when [D] she [A] finally was awash, [F#] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all heebless of the [A] cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carther'd rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ [A] _ Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, She [Bm] gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, and met her sorry [E] end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [A] had to go. _
But we talked of her all winter, [D] sometimes days [A] around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million, [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the [D] bar, we [A] swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ All spring now we've been with her [E] on a barge, led by a friend, [B] Three dives a day in a hardhat [A] suit, and twice I've had the bends, Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow, [B] Or I'd never have the strength to go below. _
[A] So we patched her rents, stocked her [D] vents, doghatched and [A] portaled down, [Bm] Put cables to her for an [D] aft and girded [A] her around, Tomorrow noon we'll hit the air and then take up the strain, And [B] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [A] again, rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best and [D] who were with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well we couldn't leave her there you see, to crumble into scale, [F#] She's saved our lives so many [D] times, fighting [E] through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [F#] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity has dealt its mortal blow, [Bm] We're smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carther [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, rise again.
_ [D] Though your heart it be broke [A] and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [Bm] Like the Mary [E] Ellen Carther [A] rise again, _ [Bm] rise again, [E] [A] rise again. _
[D] Though your heart it be [A] broke and your life about to end, No matter what you lost be it a home, a love, a friend, [B] Like the Mary Ellen [A] Carther rise again. _
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