The Mary Ellen Carter

Stan Rogers

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G She went down last Oc - tober,
C - D G In a pouring driving rain,
Am The skipper he'd been drinking and
C D The mate he felt no pain,
G Too close to Three Mile Rock and
C G She was dealt her mortal blow and
Am The Mary Ellen Carter settled
D low.
G There was just us five a - board her,
C G When she finally was a - wash,
Am We worked like hell to save her,
C D All heedless of the cost, and
G The groan she gave as she went down,
C G It caused us to pro - claim,
Am D That the Mary Ellen Carter
G would rise a - gain. [Break]
G Well the owners wrote her off,
C - D G Not a nickel would they spend,
Am "She gave twenty years of service, boys,
C D Then met her sorry end.
G But in - surance paid the loss to us,
C G So let her rest be- low.",
Am Then they laughed at us, and,
D Said we had to go. [Verse]
G But we talked of her all winter,
C G Some days around the clock.
Am She's worth a quarter million,
C D A - floating at the dock and
G With every jar that hit the bar,
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C G We swore we would re - main and
Am D Make the Mary Ellen Carter
G rise a - gain! [Chorus]
Am - D G Rise a - gain, rise a - gain,
C C That her name not be lost,
G D To the knowledge of men,
G All those who loved her best and
C D G Were with her 'til the end,
Am D Will make the Mary Ellen
G Carter, rise a - gain. [Break]
G All spring now we've been with her,
C - D G On a barge lent by a friend.
Am Three dives a day in a hardhat suit, and
C D Twice I've had the bends.
G Thank God it's only sixty feet, and
C G The currents here are slow, or
Am I'd never have the strength,
D To go be - low.
G But we've patched her rents, stopped her vents,
C Dogged hatch, and Portholes
G down,
Am Put cables to her, fore and aft and
C D Girded her a - round,
G To - morrow noon, we hit the air and
C G Then take up the strain, and
Am D Make the Mary Ellen Carter
G rise a - gain! [Chorus]
Am - D G Rise a - gain, rise a - gain,
C C That her name not be lost,
G D To the knowledge of men,
G All those who loved her best and
C D G Were with her 'til the end,
Am D Will make the Mary Ellen
G Carter, rise a - gain. [Break]
G For we couldn't leave her there,
C - D G You see to crumble into scale.
Am She'd saved our lives, so many times,
C D Living through the gale, and
G The laughing, drunken rats,
C G Who left her to a sorry grave,
Am They won't be laughing in
D another day, and
G You, to whom ad - versity, has
C G dealt the final blow,
Am With smiling bastards lying to you,
C D Everywhere you go,
G Turn to, and put out all your strength,
C G Of arm, and heart and brain, and
Am D Like the Mary Ellen Carter
G rise a - gain! [2nd Chorus]
Am D G Rise a - gain, rise a - gain,
C C Though your heart, it be broken, or
G D Life about to end,
G No matter what you've lost,
C D G Be it a home, a love, a friend,
Am D Like the Mary Ellen Carter
G rise a - gain!
Am D G Rise a - gain, rise a - gain,
C C Though your heart, it be broken, or
G D Life about to end,
G No matter what you've lost,
C D G Be it a home, a love, a friend,
Am D Like the Mary Ellen Carter
G rise a - gain!
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Composición: Stan Rogers

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