The Mary Ellen Carter | The Longest Johns Music Video (Stan Rogers) Chords
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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 [D] she was [A] dealt a mortal blow, [F#] Then the Mary Ellen Carter [E] settled low.
[A] There was just us four aboard her [D] when she [A] finally was awash, [Bm] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all needless [A] on the cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carter'd rise again, 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 Carter [A] rise again.
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Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, [Bm] She gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, then met her [E] sorry end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [E] had to go.
[A] But we talked of her all winter, sometimes days around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carter [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 [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [A] rise again.
All spring now we've been with her on a bar slent by a friend, [B] Three times a day in a hard hat [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've hatched her rents, stopped her [D] vents, dog-hatched and [A] potholed 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 Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best [D] and who were [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [A] rise again.
Well we couldn't leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale, [F#] She's saved our lives so many [E] times, fighting through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [Bm] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity [D] has [A] dealt its mortal blow, We're [Bm] smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, [B] And make the Mary Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, [A] 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 Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [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, [Bm] Like the Mary [B] Ellen Carter [A] rise again.
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[A] There was just us four aboard her [D] when she [A] finally was awash, [Bm] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all needless [A] on the cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carter'd rise again, 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 Carter [A] rise again.
[D] [A]
Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, [Bm] She gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, then met her [E] sorry end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [E] had to go.
[A] But we talked of her all winter, sometimes days around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carter [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 [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [A] rise again.
All spring now we've been with her on a bar slent by a friend, [B] Three times a day in a hard hat [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've hatched her rents, stopped her [D] vents, dog-hatched and [A] potholed 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 Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best [D] and who were [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [A] rise again.
Well we couldn't leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale, [F#] She's saved our lives so many [E] times, fighting through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [Bm] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity [D] has [A] dealt its mortal blow, We're [Bm] smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, [B] And make the Mary Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, [A] 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 Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [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, [Bm] Like the Mary [B] Ellen Carter [A] 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 [D] she was [A] dealt a mortal blow, [F#] Then the Mary Ellen Carter [E] settled low.
_ [A] There was just us four aboard her [D] when she [A] finally was awash, [Bm] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all needless [A] on the cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carter'd rise again, 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 Carter [A] rise again. _ _ _
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_ Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, [Bm] She gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, then met her [E] sorry end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [E] had to go.
_ [A] But we talked of her all winter, sometimes days around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carter [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 [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [A] rise again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ All spring now we've been with her on a bar slent by a friend, [B] Three times a day in a hard hat [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've hatched her rents, stopped her [D] vents, dog-hatched and [A] potholed 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 Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best [D] and who were [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [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 [E] times, fighting through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [Bm] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity [D] has [A] dealt its mortal blow, We're [Bm] smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, [B] And make the Mary Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise _ [E] again, [A] 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 Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [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, [Bm] Like the Mary [B] Ellen Carter [A] 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 [D] she was [A] dealt a mortal blow, [F#] Then the Mary Ellen Carter [E] settled low.
_ [A] There was just us four aboard her [D] when she [A] finally was awash, [Bm] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all needless [A] on the cost, But the groan she made as she went [D] down, it [A] caused us to proclaim, [Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen Carter'd rise again, 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 Carter [A] rise again. _ _ _
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_ Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend, [Bm] She gave twenty years of service, [D] boys, then met her [E] sorry end, [A] But insurance paid the loss to us, said, let her rest below, [Bm] Then they laughed at us, said we [E] had to go.
_ [A] But we talked of her all winter, sometimes days around the clock, [F#] She's worth a quarter million [D] a-floating [A] at the dock, And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain, And [B] make the Mary Ellen Carter [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 [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [A] rise again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ All spring now we've been with her on a bar slent by a friend, [B] Three times a day in a hard hat [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've hatched her rents, stopped her [D] vents, dog-hatched and [A] potholed 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 Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [A] rise again.
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of man, All those who loved her best [D] and who were [A] with her till the end, Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen Carter [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 [E] times, fighting through the gale, [A] And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave, [Bm] Well they won't be laughing in [E] another day.
[A] And to you for whom adversity [D] has [A] dealt its mortal blow, We're [Bm] smiling bastards lying [D] to you everywhere you [A] go, Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain, [B] And make the Mary Ellen Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise _ [E] again, [A] 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 Carter [A] rise again, [Bm] rise again, [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, [Bm] Like the Mary [B] Ellen Carter [A] rise again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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