The Mary Ellen Carter Chords by Stan Rogers

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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] She went down last October in a pouring, driving rain.
The [Am] skipper he'd been drinking [Bm] and the maid he felt no [G] pain.
Too close to three mile rock and she was dealt her mortal blow.
And [C] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter settled low.
_ There was [G] just us five aboard her when she finally was awash.
_ [Am] We'd worked like hell to save her, all [G] heedless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
that the [Am] Mary Ellen [D] Carter would rise [G] _ again. _ _
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Well, the owners wrote her off.
Not [C] a nickel would this [G] bend.
She gave [Am] 20 years of service, boys [C] that met her sorry end.
[G] But insurance paid the loss to us, [C] so let her rest [G] below.
Then [Am] they laughed at us and said we had to [D] go.
_ _ But we [G] talked of her all winter, some [C] days around [G] the clock. _
[Am] She's worth a quarter [C] million, uploaded at the [D] dock.
And [G] with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain.
And make [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter [G] rise again. _
Rise [A] again, [D] _ _ [G] rise _ again.
That her [C] name not be lost to [G] the knowledge [D] of men.
All [G] those who loved her best and were [C] with her [G] till the end
will make [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter [G] rise _ again. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ All spring now we've been with her on a barge lent by a friend.
[Am] Three dives a day in a hard [C] hat suit and twice I've had [D] the bends.
[G] Thank God it's only 60 feet and the [C] currents here [G] are slow.
Or [Am] I'd never have the strength to go [D] below. _
_ _ [G] But we've hatched her rents, stopped her men, stopped hatching portals down.
Put [Am] cables to her, bore a nap [C] and girded her [D] around.
_ [G] Tomorrow noon we hit the air and then take up the strain.
And make [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter _ [G] rise again. _
[A] Rise again, [D] _ _ [G] rise again.
That [C] her name not be lost to [G] the knowledge [D] of men.
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those who loved her best and were with her till the end
will make [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter _ [G] rise again. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ For we couldn't leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale.
She'd [Am] saved our lives so many [C] times, living through the gale.
[G] And the laughing drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave
they [Am] won't be laughing in another [D] day. _ _
And [G] you to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
[Am] with smiling bastards lying to you [C] everywhere you go
[G] turn to put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain.
And make the [Am] Mary [D] Ellen Carter _
[G] rise again.
_ _ Rise again, _ rise _ again.
Though [C] your heart it be broken or [G] life about to end.
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.
Like [Am] the Mary Ellen [D] Carter, _ [G] rise again.
_ Rise _ [D] again, rise _ _ again.
Though your [C] heart it be broken [G] or life about to end.
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.
Like the [Am] Mary Ellen [D]
Carter, _ [G] rise again. _ _ _
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