The Mary Ellen Carter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
She [G]went down last October
in a pouring driving rain
The [Am]skipper, he'd been drinking
and the [C]Mate, he felt no [D]pain
Too [G]close to Three Mile Rock,
and she was dealt her mortal blow
And the [Am]Mary Ellen Carter settled [D]low
There was [G]just us five aboard her
when she finally was awash
We'd [Am]worked like hell to save her,
all [C]heedless of the [D]cost
And the [G]groan she gave as she went down,
it caused us to proclaim
That the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter would [G]rise again

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
Well, the [G]owners wrote her off,
not a [C]nickel [D]would they [G]spend
"She gave [Am]twenty years of service, boys,
then [C]met her sorry [D]end
But in[G]surance paid the loss to us,
so [C]let her [D]rest be[G]low"
Then they [Am]laughed at us
and said we had to [D]go
But we [G]talked of her all winter,
some [C]days a[D]round the [G]clock
She's [Am]worth a quarter million,
a[C]float and at the [D]dock
And with [G]every jar that hit the bar,
we [C]swore we [D]would re[G]main
And make the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter [G]rise again

[Chorus 1]
[Am]Rise [D]again, [G]rise a[D]gain![C]
[D]That her [C]name not be lost
to the [G]knowledge of [D]men
Oh, [G]those who loved her best
and were [C]with her [D]till the [G]end
Will make the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter [G]rise again
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[Verse 3]
All [G]spring, now, we've been with her
on a [C]barge lent [D]by a [G]friend
Three [Am]dives a day in hard hat suit
and [C]twice I've had the [D]bends
Thank [G]God it's only sixty feet
and the [C]currents [D]here are [G]slow
Or I'd [Am]never have the strength to go be[D]low
But we've [G]patched her rents,
stopped her vents,
dogged [C]hatch and [D]porthole [G]down
Put [Am]cables to her, 'fore and aft
and [C]birded her a[D]round
To[G]morrow, noon, we hit the air
and [C]then take [D]up the [G]strain
And watch the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter [G]rise again

[Chorus 2]
[Am]Rise [D]again, [G]rise a[D]gain![C]
[D]That her [C]name not be lost
to the [G]knowledge of [D]men
Oh, [G]those who loved her best
and were [C]with her [D]till the [G]end
Will make the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter [G]rise again

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 4]
For we [G]couldn't leave her there,
you see, to [C]crumble [D]into [G]scale
She'd [Am]saved our lives so many times,
[C]living through the [D]gale
And the [G]laughing, drunken rats
who left her [C]to a [D]sorry [G]grave
They [Am]won't be laughing in another [D]day
And [G]you, to whom adversity
has [C]dealt the [D]final [G]blow
With [Am]smiling bastards lying to you
[C]everywhere you [D]go
Turn [G]to, and put out all your strength
of [C]arm and [D]heart and [G]brain
And like the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter, [G]rise again

[Chorus 3]
[Am]Rise [D]again, [G]rise a[D]gain![C]
[D]Though your [C]heart it be broken
or [G]life about to [D]end
No [G]matter what you've lost,
be it a [C]home, a [D]love, a [G]friend
Like the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter, [G]rise again

[Chorus 4]
[Am]Rise again, [D]rise [G]aga[D]in![C]
[D]Though your [C]heart it be broken
or [G]life about to [D]end
No [G]matter what you've lost,
be it a [C]home, a [D]love, a [G]friend
Like the [Am]Mary Ellen [D]Carter, [G]rise again

[Outro 1]
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