The Mary Ellen Carter chords by Stan Rogers (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(G major) (C/E) (D7sus4) (C/E) (D7)
(G major) (C/E) (D7) (C/E) (D/F#)
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6) (D7)
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6) (D7)
Verse 1
She (G major) went down last Oc (G minoraj7) tober
in a pouring (G6) driving rain (G major)
The (A minor7) skipper, he'd been drinking
and the (C major) Mate, he felt no (D major) pain
Too (G major) close to Three Mile (G minoraj7) Rock,
and she was (G6) dealt her mortal (G major) blow
And the (A minor7) Mary Ellen Carter settled (D major) low
There was (G major) just us five aboard (G minoraj7) her
when she finally (G6) was awash (G major)
We'd (A minor7) worked like hell to save her,
all (C major) heedless of the cost (D major)
And the (G major) groan she gave as (G minoraj7) she went down,
it (G6) caused us to proclaim (G major)
That the Mary (A minor7) Ellen (D major) Carter would rise (G major) again
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Interlude 1
(G major) (C/G) (D major)
(G major) (C/G) (D major)
Verse 2
Well, the (G major) owners wrote her off, (G minoraj7)
not a (C major) nickel (C/D) would they spend (G major)
"She gave (A minor7) twenty years of service, boys,
then (C major) met her sorry end (D major)
But in (G major) surance paid the loss (G minoraj7) to us,
so (C major) let her (C/D) rest below" (G major)
Then they (A minor7) laughed at us
and said we had to (D major) go
But we talked (G major) of her all (G minoraj7) winter,
some (C major) days a (C/D) round the clock (G major)
She's (A minor7) worth a quarter million,
a (C major) float and at the dock (D major)
And with every (G major) jar that (G minoraj7) hit the bar,
we (C major) swore we (C/D) would remain (G major)
And make the (A minor7) Mary Ellen (D major) Carter rise (G major) again
Chorus 1
Rise (A minor7) again, (D major) rise (G major) again! (D/F#) (C/E)
(D major) That her (C major) name not be lost
to the (G major) knowledge of men (D major)
Oh, (G major) those who loved her best (G minoraj7)
and were (C major) with her (D7) till the (G major) end
Will make the Mary (A minor7) Ellen (D major) Carter rise (G major) again
(C/G) (D major)
(G major) (C/G) (D major)
Verse 3
All (G major) spring, now, we've been (G minoraj7) with her
on a barge (C major) lent (C/D) by a friend (G major)
Three (A minor7) dives a day in hard hat suit
and (C major) twice I've had the bends (D major)
Thank (G major) God it's only (G minoraj7) sixty feet
and the (C major) currents (C/D) here are (G major) slow
Or I'd (A minor7) never have the strength to go be (D major) low
But we've (G major) patched her rents,
(G minoraj7) stopped her vents,
dogged (C major) hatch and (C/D) porthole (G major) down
Put (A minor7) cables to her, 'fore and aft
and (C major) birded her around (D major)
To (G major) morrow, noon, we (G minoraj7) hit the air
and (C major) then take (C/D) up the (G major) strain
And watch the (A minor7) Mary Ellen (D major) Carter rise (G major) again
Chorus 2
Rise (A minor7) again, (D major) rise (G major) again! (D/F#) (C/E)
(D major) That her (C major) name not be lost
to the (G major) knowledge of men (D major)
Oh, (G major) those who loved her best (G minoraj7)
and were (C major) with her (D7) till the (G major) end
Will make the Mary (A minor7) Ellen (D major) Carter rise (G major) again
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major) (D major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (C/G) (D major) (G major) (C/G) (D major)
Verse 4
For we (G major) couldn't leave her there, (G minoraj7)
you see, to crumble (C major) (C/D) into scale (G major)
She'd (A minor7) saved our lives so many times,
(C major) living through the gale (D major)
And the (G major) laughing, drunken rats (G minoraj7)
who left her (C major) to a (C/D) sorry (G major) grave
They (A minor7) won't be laughing in another (D major) day
And (G major) you, to whom ad (G minoraj7) versity
has (C major) dealt the final (C/D) blow (G major)
With (A minor7) smiling bastards lying to you
everywhere (C major) you go (D major)
Turn (G major) to, and put out (G minoraj7) all your strength
of arm (C major) and (C/D) heart and (G major) brain
And like the (A minor7) Mary Ellen (D major) Carter, rise (G major) again
Chorus 3
Rise (A minor7) again, (D major) rise (G major) again! (D/F#) (C/E)
(D major) Though your (C major) heart it be broken
or (G major) life about to end (D major)
No (G major) matter what you've lost, (G minoraj7)
be it a (C major) home, a (D7) love, a (G major) friend
Like the Mary (A minor7) Ellen (D major) Carter, rise (G major) again
Chorus 4
Rise (A minor7) again, (D major) rise (G major) (D/F#) again! (C/E)
(D major) Though your (C major) heart it be broken
or (G major) life about to end (D major)
No (G major) matter what you've lost, (G minoraj7)
be it a (C major) home, a (D7) love, a (G major) friend
Like the Mary (A minor7) Ellen (D major) Carter, rise (G major) again
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (D major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (D major)
(C major) (D major) (G major)
The Mary Ellen Carter
Stan Rogers
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