{t:The Mary Ellen Carter}
{st:Stan Rogers (1979)}


{c:Intro}
[/] [G]   [/] [G]      [/] [Em7]     [/] [Em7]  [/]
[/] [D7]  [/] [D7]     [/] [C]       [/] [D7]   [/]
[/] [G]   [/] [G]      [/] [Em7]     [/] [Em7]  [/]
[/] [D7]  [/] [D7]     [/] [C↓] [D↓] [/]
[/] [G]   [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]     [/] [D]    [/]
[/] [G]   [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]     [/] [D]    [/]


She [/] [G] went down last Oc- [/] [Gmaj7] tober in a [/] [Em7] pouring driving [/] [G] rain
The [/] [Am] skipper he'd been [/] [Am] drinking, and the [/] [C] mate he felt no [/] [D] pain
Too [/] [G] close to Three Mile [/] [Gmaj7] Rock and she was [/] [Em7] dealt her mortal [/] [G] blow
And the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [Am] Carter settled [/] [D] low  [/] [D]  


There was [/] [G] just us five a- [/] [Gmaj7] board her when she [/] [Em7] finally was a- [/] [G] wash
We [/] [Am] worked like hell to [/] [Am] save her, all [/] [C] heedless of the [/] [D] cost
And the [/] [G] groan she gave as [/] [Gmaj7] she went down it [/] [Em7] caused us to pro- [/] [G] claim
That the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter would rise [/] [G] again [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]  [/] [D]  
[/] [G]  [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]  [/] [D]  


Well the [/] [G] owners wrote her [/] [Gmaj7] off, not a [/] [Em7] nickel would they [/] [G] spend
"She [/] [Am] gave twenty years of [/] [Am] service, boys, then [/] [C] met her sorry [/] [D] end.
But in- [/] [G] surance paid the [/] [Gmaj7] loss to us, so [/] [Em7] let her rest be- [/] [G] low."
Then they [/] [Am] laughed at us and [/] [Am] said we had to [/] [D] go.  [/] [D]  


But we [/] [G] talked of her all [/] [Gmaj7] winter, some [/] [Em7] days around the [/] [G] clock
She's [/] [Am] worth a quarter [/] [Am] million [/] [C] floating at the [/] [D] dock
And with [/] [G] every jar that [/] [Gmaj7] hit the bar we [/] [Em7] swore we would re- [/] [G] main
And make the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter rise [/] [G] again.  [/] [G]  


{soc}
Rise [/] [Am] again... [/] [D] ... rise [/] [G] again [Gmaj7↓] [/] [Em7↓] [D↓]   
That her [/] [C] name not be [/] [C] lost to the [/] [G] knowledge of [/] [D] men
All [/] [G] those who loved her [/] [Gmaj7] best and were [/] [Em7↓] with her [D↓] 'til the [/] [G] end
Will make the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter rise [/] [G] again [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]  [/] [D]  
[/] [G]  [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]  [/] [D]  
{eoc}


All [/] [G] spring now we've been [/] [Gmaj7] with her on a [/] [Em7] barge lent by a [/] [G] friend
Three [/] [Am] dives a day in a [/] [Am] hardhat suit and [/] [C] twice I've had the [/] [D] bends
Thank [/] [G] God it's only [/] [Gmaj7] sixty feet and the [/] [Em7] currents here are [/] [G] slow
Or I'd [/] [Am] never have the [/] [Am] strength to go be- [/] [D] low   [/] [D]  


But we've [/] [G] patched her rents, [/] [Gmaj7] stopped her vents, dogged [/] [Em7] hatch and porthole [/] [G] down
Put [/] [Am] cables to her, [/] [Am] fore and aft, and [/] [C] girded her a- [/] [D] round
To- [/] [G] morrow noon, we [/] [Gmaj7] hit the air and [/] [Em7] then take up the [/] [G] strain
And make the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter rise [/] [G] again   [/] [G]  


{soc}
Rise [/] [Am] again... [/] [D] ... rise [/] [G] again [Gmaj7↓] [/] [Em7↓] [D↓]    
That her [/] [C] name not be [/] [C] lost to the [/] [G] knowledge of [/] [D] men
All [/] [G] those who loved her [/] [Gmaj7] best and were [/] [Em7↓] with her [D↓] 'til the [/] [G] end
Will make the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter rise [/] [G] again  [/] [G]  
{eoc}


{c:Instrumental}
[/] [G]   [/] [G]      [/] [Em7]     [/] [Em7]  [/]
[/] [D7]  [/] [D7]     [/] [C]       [/] [D7]   [/]
[/] [G]   [/] [G]      [/] [Em7]     [/] [Em7]  [/]
[/] [D7]  [/] [D7]     [/] [C↓] [D↓] [/]
[/] [G]   [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]     [/] [D]    [/]
[/] [G]   [/] [Gmaj7]  [/] [Em7]     [/] [D]    [/]

   
For we [/] [G] couldn't leave her [/] [Gmaj7] there, you see, to [/] [Em7] crumble into [/] [G] scale
She'd [/] [Am] saved our lives so [/] [Am] many times, [/] [C] living through the [/] [D] gale
And the [/] [G] laughing, drunken [/] [Gmaj7] rats who left her [/] [Em7] to a sorry [/] [G] grave
They [/] [Am] won't be laughing [/] [Am] in another [/] [D] day...  [/] [D]  


And [/] [G] you, to whom ad- [/] [Gmaj7] versity has [/] [Em7] dealt its final [/] [G] blow
With [/] [Am] smiling bastards [/] [Am] lying to you [/] [C] everywhere you [/] [D] go
Turn [/] [G] to, and put out [/] [Gmaj7] all your strength of [/] [Em7] arm and heart and [/] [G] brain
And like the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter, rise [/] [G] again!  [/] [G]  


{soc}
Rise [/] [Am] again... [/] [D] ... rise [/] [G] again [Gmaj7↓] [/] [Em7↓] [D↓]   
Though your [/] [C] heart it be [/] [C] broken and [/] [G] life about to [/] [D] end
No [/] [G] matter what you've [/] [Gmaj7] lost, be it a [/] [Em7↓] home, a [D↓] love, a [/] [G] friend
Like the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter, rise [/] [G] again  [/] [G]  
{eoc}


{soc}
Rise [/] [Am] again... [/] [D] ... rise [/] [G] again [Gmaj7↓] [/] [Em7↓] [D↓]   
Though your [/] [C] heart it be [/] [C] broken and [/] [G] life about to [/] [D] end
No [/] [G] matter what you've [/] [Gmaj7] lost, be it a [/] [Em7↓] home, a [D↓] love, a [/] [G] friend
Like the [/] [Am] Mary Ellen [/] [D] Carter, rise [/] [G] again  [/] [G]  
{eoc}


{c:Instrumental}
[/] [G]   [/] [G]      [/] [Em7]     [/] [Em7]  [/]
[/] [D7]  [/] [D7]     [/] [C]       [/] [D7]   [/]
[/] [G]   [/] [G]      [/] [Em7]     [/] [Em7]  [/]
[/] [D7]  [/] [D7]     [/] [C↓] [D↓] [/] [G↓]


#Play along with original in this key. (May be slightly out of tune.)
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#Last Updated 11/18/19 JJ
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