{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":82167,"song":"The Mary Ellen Carter","artist":"Stan Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11548809-the-mary-ellen-carter-chords-by-stan-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/82167?type=chord","rating":4.78062,"votes":240,"content":"[Intro]\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]   |[ch]C[/ch]   |[ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]   |[ch]C[/ch]   |[ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  | \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe went down last October[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a pouring driving rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe skipper he'd been drinking and[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe mate he felt no pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToo close to Three Mile Rock and she was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDealt her mortal blow [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the Mary Ellen Carter settled low[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was just us five aboard her[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen she finally was a-wash[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe worked like hell to save her[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll heedless of the cost[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the groan she gave as she went down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt caused us to proclaim[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the owners wrote her off[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot a nickel would they spend[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"She gave twenty years of service, boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen met her sorry end[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut insurance paid the loss to us[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let her rest below.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen they laughed at us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd said we had to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut we talked of her all winter[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome days around the clock[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe's worth a quarter million[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfloat and at the dock[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with every jar that hit the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe swore we would remain [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd make the Mary Ellen Carter rise  again![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRise   again, rise  again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat her name not be lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the knowledge of men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll those who loved her best and[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere with her 'til the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill make the Mary Ellen Carter rise  again[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |[ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll spring now we've been with her[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a barge lent by a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThree dives a day in a hardhat suit and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTwice I've had the bends[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God it's only sixty feet and[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe currents here are slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr I'd never have the strength[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo go below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut we've patched her rents, stopped her vents[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDogged hatch and porthole down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPut cables to her fore and aft[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd girded her around[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTomorrow noon, we hit the air [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then take up the strain and[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake the Mary Ellen Carter rise  again![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRise   again, rise  again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat her name not be lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the knowledge of men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll those who loved her best and[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere with her 'til the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill make the Mary Ellen Carter rise  again[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n|[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor we couldn't leave her there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou see, to crumble into scale[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe'd saved our lives so many times[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving through the gale[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the laughing, drunken rats[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho left her to a sorry grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey won't be laughing in another day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you to whom adversity has dealt the final blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith smiling bastards lying to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEverywhere you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTurn to and put out all your strength[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf arm and heart and brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd like the Mary Ellen Carter rise  again![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRise   again, rise  again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough your heart it be broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr life about to end[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo matter what you've lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBe it a home, a love, a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike the Mary Ellen Carter rise  again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRise   again, ri-i-ise again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough your heart it be broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr life about to end[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo matter what you've lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbe it a home, a love, a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike the Mary Ellen Carter rise  again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch]    |[ch]D[/ch]    |[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]* |\r\n\r\n\r\n* = Single strum","plain_text":"[Intro]\n|G   |C   |D   |C  D  |\n|G   |C   |D   |C D G |\n|G  G/F# |C  D |G  G/F# |C  D  | \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n|C  D  |G   |\n|C  D  |\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n|C  D  |G   |\n|C  D  |\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n|G    |C    |D    |C  G  |\n|G    |C    |D    |C D G |\n|C  D |G    |C  D |\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n|G    |C    |D    |C   D  |\n|G    |C    |D    |C D G* |\n\n\n* = Single strum","chords":["G","C","D","G/F#","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}