The Mary Ellen Carter original guitar chords by
Stan Rogers

1979•Folk•165 views•

Key: G major•

Intro 1

G

G

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C/E

C/E

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D7sus4

D7sus4

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C/E

C/E

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D7

D7

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G

G

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C/E

C/E

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D7

D7

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C/E

C/E

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D/F#

D/F#

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G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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G6

G6

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D7

D7

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G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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G6

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D7

D7

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Verse 1

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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She went down last October

G6

G6

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G

G

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in a pouring driving rain

Am7

Am7

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The skipper, he'd been drinking

C

C

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D

D

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and the Mate, he felt no pain

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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Too close to Three Mile Rock,

G6

G6

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G

G

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and she was dealt her mortal blow

Am7

Am7

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D

D

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And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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There was just us five aboard her

G6

G6

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G

G

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when she finally was awash

Am7

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We'd worked like hell to save her,

C

C

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D

D

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all heedless of the cost

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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And the groan she gave as she went down,

G6

G6

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G

G

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it caused us to proclaim

Am7

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again

Interlude 1

G

G

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C/G

C/G

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D

D

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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D

D

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Verse 2

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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Well, the owners wrote her off,

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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not a nickel would they spend

Am7

Am7

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"She gave twenty years of service, boys,

C

C

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D

D

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then met her sorry end

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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But insurance paid the loss to us,

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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so let her rest below"

Am7

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Then they laughed at us

D

D

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and said we had to go

G

G

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Gmaj7

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But we talked of her all winter,

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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some days around the clock

Am7

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She's worth a quarter million,

C

C

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D

D

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afloat and at the dock

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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And with every jar that hit the bar,

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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we swore we would remain

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again

Chorus 1

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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D/F#

D/F#

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C/E

C/E

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Rise again, rise again!

D

D

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C

C

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That her name not be lost

G

G

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D

D

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to the knowledge of men

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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Oh, those who loved her best

C

C

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D7

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G

G

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and were with her till the end

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again

C/G

C/G

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D

D

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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D

D

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Verse 3

G

G

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Gmaj7

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All spring, now, we've been with her

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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on a barge lent by a friend

Am7

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Three dives a day in hard hat suit

C

C

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D

D

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and twice I've had the bends

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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Thank God it's only sixty feet

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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and the currents here are slow

Am7

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D

D

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Or I'd never have the strength to go below

G

G

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But we've patched her rents,

Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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stopped her vents,

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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dogged hatch and porthole down

Am7

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Put cables to her, 'fore and aft

C

C

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D

D

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and birded her around

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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Tomorrow, noon, we hit the air

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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and then take up the strain

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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And watch the Mary Ellen Carter rise again

Chorus 2

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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D/F#

D/F#

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C/E

C/E

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Rise again, rise again!

D

D

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C

C

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That her name not be lost

G

G

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D

D

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to the knowledge of men

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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Oh, those who loved her best

C

C

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D7

D7

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G

G

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and were with her till the end

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again

Interlude 2

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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C

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D

D

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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D

D

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G

G

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C/G

C/G

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D

D

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Verse 4

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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For we couldn't leave her there,

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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you see, to crumble into scale

Am7

Am7

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She'd saved our lives so many times,

C

C

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D

D

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living through the gale

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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And the laughing, drunken rats

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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who left her to a sorry grave

Am7

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D

D

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They won't be laughing in another day

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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And you, to whom adversity

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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has dealt the final blow

Am7

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With smiling bastards lying to you

C

C

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D

D

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everywhere you go

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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Turn to, and put out all your strength

C

C

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C/D

C/D

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G

G

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of arm and heart and brain

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again

Chorus 3

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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D/F#

D/F#

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C/E

C/E

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Rise again, rise again!

D

D

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C

C

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Though your heart it be broken

G

G

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D

D

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or life about to end

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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No matter what you've lost,

C

C

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D7

D7

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G

G

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be it a home, a love, a friend

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again

Chorus 4

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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D/F#

D/F#

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C/E

C/E

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Rise again, rise again!

D

D

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C

C

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Though your heart it be broken

G

G

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D

D

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or life about to end

G

G

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Gmaj7

Gmaj7

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No matter what you've lost,

C

C

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D7

D7

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G

G

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be it a home, a love, a friend

Am7

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D

D

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G

G

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Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again

Outro 1

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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C

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D

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G

G

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C

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D

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G

G

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

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B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

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Guitar Tuner 6 stringOpen

Guitar Tuner 6 stringExtras

G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

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E ₄

E ₄

A ₄

G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

D ₄

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C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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G ₃

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Guitar Tuner 7 Strings

B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

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Guitar Tuner 6 stringExtras

G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

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CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

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D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

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G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

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D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

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C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

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G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

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E ₄

E ₄

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G ₄

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G ₃

B ₃

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C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

Chords

G
C/E
D7sus4
D7
D/F#
Gmaj7
G6
Am7
C
D
C/G
C/D

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