The Mary Ellen Carter Chords by Stan Rogers

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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] She went down last October in a pouring, driving rain.
[Am] The skipper he'd been drinking [A] and the mate he felt no pain.
[G] Too close to Three Mile Rock and she [Em] was Delta [G] mortal below,
[A] And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low.
[E] There [G] was just us five aboard her when [C] she finally was [G] awash.
[Am] We'd worked like hell to save her, [C] all heedless of the [G] cost,
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That the [Am] Mary [G] Ellen Carter would rise again. _ _ _
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[G] Well, the owners wrote her off, not a nickel would this bend.
She [Am] gave twenty years of service, [C] boys then met her [D] sorry end.
[G] But insurance paid the loss to [D] us, so let her [G] rest below.
[Am] Then they laughed at us and said we [D] had to go.
But [G] we talked of her all winter, [C] some days [G] around the clock.
[Am] She's worth a quarter million, [C] afloat and at [D] the dock.
And [G] with every jar that hit the bar, [C] we swore we would [G] remain
And make [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter [G] rise again.
[A] Rise again, [G] _ rise again.
That [C] her name not be lost to [G] the knowledge [D] of men.
All [G] those who loved her best, and [D] were with her till [G] the end,
Will make the [Am] Mary Ellen [D] Carter [G] rise again.
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_ _ _ All spring now we've been with her on a [G] barge lent by a friend.
[A] Three dives a day in a [G] hard hat suit, and twice I have [D] had the bends.
[G] Thank God it's only sixty feet [C] and the currents here [G] are slow,
Or [A] I'd never have the strength to go [D] below.
_ But [G] we've hatched her ends, stopped her men's dog hatching portals down.
Put [Am] cables to her fore [G]-napped and girded [D] her around.
[G] Tomorrow noon we hit the [C] air and [G] then take up the strain
And [Am] make the Mary [D] Ellen Carter rise [G] again.
[E] Rise _ again, [G]
rise [Em] again.
[C] That her name not be lost [G] to the [D] knowledge of men.
[G] All those who loved her best, [C] and were [G] with her till the end,
Will [Am] make the Mary [D] Ellen Carter [G]
rise again.
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For we couldn't leave her there, [G] you see, to crumble into scale.
[Am] She'd saved our lives so many [G] times, living through the [D] gale.
And [G] the laughing drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave,
[Am] They won't be laughing in [D] another day.
And [G]
you to whom adversity [C] has dealt the [G] final blow,
[Am] With smiling bastards lying [C] to you everywhere [E] you go,
[G] Turn to and put out all your [C] strength of arm and [G] heart and brain,
And [Am] let the Mary [D] Ellen Carter [G] rise again.
[Am] Rise [D] again, _ [G] rise [Em] again.
Though [C] your heart indeed be broken, [G] and life about [D] to end,
[G] No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend,
Like [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter, [G] rise again.
_ [E] Rise again, rise _ [Em] again.
Though [C] your heart indeed be broken, [G] and life about [D] to end,
[G] No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend,
Like the [Am] Mary Ellen [D] Carter, rise again. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ We're going to take a break.
We'll see you later. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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