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The Mariner's Revenge Song chords by
The Decemberists
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5.0 (2)
Key: A minor•
Verse 1
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We are two mariners

Our ships' sole survivors
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In this belly of a whale

Its ribs are ceiling beams

Its guts are carpeting
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I guess we have some time to kill
Verse 2
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You may not remember me

I was a child of three
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And you, a lad of eighteen

But I remember you

And I will relay to you
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How our histories interweave
Verse 3
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At the time you were
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A rake and a roustabout
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Spending all your money
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On the whores and hounds
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Oh
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You had
Verse 4

a charming air

All cheap and debonair
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My widowed mother found so sweet

And so she took you in

Her sheets still warm with him
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Now filled with filth and foul disease
Verse 5
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As time wore on you proved
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A debt- ridden drunken mess
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Leaving my mother
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A poor consumptive wretch
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Oh, oh
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And then you
Verse 6

disappeared

Your gambling arrears
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The only thing you left behind

And then the magistrate

Reclaimed our small estate
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And my poor mother lost her mind
Verse 7
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Then, one day in spring
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My dear sweet mother died
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But before she did
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I took her hand as she, dying, cried
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Oh, oh
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"Find him,
Verse 8

bind him

Tie him to a pole and break
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His fingers to splinters

Drag him to a hole
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Until he wakes up naked

Clawing at the ceiling of his
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grave"
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Verse 9
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It took me fifteen years

To swallow all my tears
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Among the urchins in the street

Until a priory

Took pity and hired me
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To keep their vestry nice and neat
Verse 10
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But never once in the employ
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Of these holy men
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Did I ever once turn my mind
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From the thought of revenge
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Oh, oh
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One night
Verse 11

I overheard

The prior exchanging words
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With a penitent whaler from the sea

The captain of his ship

Who matched you toe to tip
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Was known for wanton cruelty
Verse 12
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The following day
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I shipped to sea with a privateer
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And in the whistle of the wind
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I could almost hear
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Oh, oh
Verse 13
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"Find him, bind him

Tie him to a pole and break
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His fingers to splinters

Drag him to a hole
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Until he wakes up, naked
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Clawing at the ceiling of his grave
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There is one thing I must
Verse 14
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say to you
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As you sail across the sea
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Always, your mother will watch over you
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As you avenge this wicked deed"
Interlude 1
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Verse 15

And then, that fateful night

We had you in our sight
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After twenty months at sea
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Your starboard flank abeam

I was getting my muskets

clean

When came this rumbling from
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beneath
Verse 16
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The ocean shook

The sky went black
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And the captain quailed
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And before us grew

The angry jaws

Of a giant whale
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Oh, oh, oh, oh

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Don't know how
Verse 17

I survived

The crew all was chewed alive
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I must have slipped between his teeth

But, oh, what providence

What divine intelligence
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That you should survive as well as me
Verse 18
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It gives my heart great joy
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To see your eyes fill with fear
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So lean in close and I will whisper
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The last words you'll hear
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Oh,
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oh
Outro 1
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • E

  • F

  • Dm

  • C

  • G

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Mariner's Revenge Song by The Decemberists is A minor.

The primary chords used in The Mariner's Revenge Song are Am, E, F, Dm, C, G.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Am, E, F, Dm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Mariner's Revenge Song is approximately 51 beats per minute.

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