The Mary Ellen Carter Chords by The Longest Johns

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_ _ _ Oh, she went down last October in a pouring, driving rain
[E] The [Bm] skipper he'd been drinking [D] and the maid he felt [A] no pain
Out close to Three Mile Rock and [D] she was [A] dealt a mortal blow
[Bm] Then the Mary Ellen [A] carter settled low _
There were just us four aboard her when she finally was awash
[Bm] We worked like hell to save [D] her, all heaven's [E] on the [A] cost
But the groan she made as she went [D] down it [A] caused us to proclaim
[Bm] That the Mary [A] Ellen carter'd rise again, [Bm] rise again, [A]
rise again
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of men
All those who loved her best and who were with her till the end
Will [Bm] make the Mary Ellen [A] carter rise again _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well, the company wrote her off, not a nickel would they spend
She [D] gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her [A] sorry end
But insurance paid the loss to [F#m] us, said let her [A] rest below
[Bm] Then they laughed at us, [A] said we had to go
But we talked of her all winter, sometimes days around the clock
[Bm] She's worth a quarter million, [D] a bloatin' [A] at the dock
And with every jar that hit the bar we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen carter rise again, [Bm] rise again, [A]
rise again
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of men
All those who loved her best and [D] who were [A] with her till the end
Will [Bm] make the Mary [A] Ellen carter rise again _ _ _
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_ _ _ All spring now we've been with her on a bar slept by a friend
Three dives a [D] day in a hard hat suit and [A] twice I've had the bends
Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow
Or I'd never have the strength to go below
So we patched her rent, stocked her vent, stocked hatch and portaled down
[Bm] Put cables to her for an [D] aft and girded her [A] around
Tomorrow new we'll hit the air and then take up the strain
And make the Mary Ellen carter rise again, [Bm] rise again, [A]
rise again
[D] May her name not be lost [A] to the knowledge of men
All those who loved her best and who were with her till the end
Will [Bm] make the Mary [E] Ellen [A] carter rise again _ _ _
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_ _ Well we couldn't leave her there you see, to crumble into scale
[Bm] She's saved our lives so many [D] times, fighting through [E] the [A] gale
And the laughing drunken rats who led her to a sorry grave
[Bm] Well they won't be laughing in [A] another day
And to you for whom adversity has dealt its mortal blow
[Bm] With smiling bastards lying to [D] you everywhere [A] you go
Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And [Bm] like the Mary Ellen [A] carter rise again, _ [Bm] rise again, [A]
rise again
Though [D] your heart it be broken, [A] your life about to end
No matter what you lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
[Bm] Like the Mary [A] Ellen carter rise again, [Bm] rise [E] again, [A] rise again
Though [D] your heart it be broken, [A] your life about to end
No matter what you lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
[D] Like the Mary Ellen carter [A] rise again _
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