Mary Ellen Carter chords by Barleycorn
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(D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (G major) (A major)
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(G major)
(D major) She went
Verse 1
down last October
in a pour (G major) ing, (A major) driving rain (D major)
(E minor) The he'd been drinkin',
the (G major) maid he felt no (A major) pain
Too (D major) close to Three Mile Rock
and she was (G major) dealt a mortal blow
(D major) And the (E minor) Mary Ellen Carter settled low (A major)
There were (D major) just us five aboard her
when she fi (G major) nally was (A major) awash
(D major) We worked (E minor) like hell to save her,
all (G major) heedless of the cost
(A major) And the (D major) groan she gave as she went down,
it (G major) caused us to proclaim
(D major) That the Mary (E minor) Ellen Carter'd (A major)
rise (D major) again (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) Well, the owners wrote her off
Not a (G major) nickel would (A major) they spend
(D major) She gave (E minor) twenty years of service, boys
Then (G major) met her sorry en (A major) d
But insur (D major) ance paid the last to us
So let (G major) her rest below
(D major) Then they (E minor) laughed at us
and said we had to (A major) go
But we (D major) talked of her all winter,
some (G major) days around (A major) the clock (D major)
She's (E minor) worth a quarter million,
float (G major) ing at the dock (A major)
And with (D major) every jar that hit the bar,
we (G major) swore we would remain
(D major) And make the (E minor) Mary Ellen
Carter (A major) rise (D major) again
Rise again, (E minor) (A major) rise again (D major)
Let her (G major) name not be lost
to the (D major) knowledge of (A major) men
All (D major) those who loved her best,
and were (G major) with her till (A major) the en (D major) d
We'll make the Mary (E minor) Ellen
Carter (A major) rise (D major) again (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
All spring now we've been with her
on a barge (G major) lent (A major) by a friend
(D major) Three di (E minor) ves a day in hardhat suit
and (G major) twice I've had the bend (A major) s
Thank (D major) God it's only sixty feet
and (G major) currents here are slow
(D major) Or I'd (E minor) never have the
strength to go be (A major) low
But we (D major) patched her rents,
stopped her vents,
Saw (G major) hatch and portholes (D major) down
Put (E minor) cables to her fore and aft,
And (G major) girded her (A major) around
Tomorrow (D major) noon we (G major) hit the air
And then take up this (D major) train
And make the Mary (E minor) Ellen Carter
(A major) rise (D major) again
Rise (E minor) again, (A major) rise (D major) again
Let her (G major) name not be lost
to the (D major) knowledge of (A major) men
All (D major) those who loved her best
and were (G major) with her (A major) till the (D major) en d
Who'll make the (E minor) Mary Ellen Carter (A major) eye (D major) s
again (G major) (A major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) For we couldn't leave her there,
you see, (G major)
to crumble into scale
(D major) She's (E minor) saved our lives so many times,
(G major) living through the gale
(A major) And the (D major) laughing drunken rats
who left her (G major) to a sordid glaze
(D major) They (E minor) won't be laughing in another day (A major)
And (D major) you to whom adversity
has (G major) dealt the fi (A major) nal
With (D major) smil (E minor) ing bastards
lying to you every (G major) where you go
(A major) Turn (D major) to put out all your strength
of (G major) arm and heart and (D major) brain
And like the (E minor) Mary Ellen Carter (A major) ,
rise (D major) again
Rise (E minor) again, (A major) rise (D major) again
Though your (G major) heart it be broken
or (D major) life about to (A major) en d
No mat (D major) ter what you've lost,
be it a home, (G major) a (A major) love, a (D major) friend
Like the Mary (E minor) Ellen Carter (A major) ,
rise (D major) again
Rise again, (E minor) (A major) rise (D major) again
Though your (G major) heart it be broken,
a (D major) life about to (A major) en d
No (D major) matter what you've lost,
be it a home, (G major) (A major) a love, a (D major) friend
Like the (E minor) Mary Ellen Carter, (A major)
rise (D major) again (E minor) (A major) you
Mary Ellen Carter
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