Mariners Revenge Song

Am

[Verse]
Am                                
We are two Mariners, our ship's 
                                 E
sole survivors, in this belly of a 
whale
E
Its ribs our ceiling beams, its guts
 our carpeting, I guess we have some
 time
   Am
to kill. You may not remember me, I 
was a child of three, and you a lad 
of
E
eighteen. But I remember you, and I 
will relate to you, how our 
histories
       Am
interweave.


[Chorus]
F                                 
At the time you were a rake and a 
      Am   F
rastabout. Spending all your money 
on the
            E      F E
whores and hounds. Oh-oh.


[Verse]
Am
You had a charming air, all cheap 
and debonair, my widowed mother 
found so
E
sweet. And so she took you in, her 
sheets still warm with him, now 
filled
                    Am
with filth and foul disease.


[Chorus]
F                          
As time wore on you proved a 
                     Am    F
debt-ridden drunken mess. Leaving my
 mother a
                  E      F E
poor consumptive wretch. Oh-oh.


[Verse]
Am
And then you disappeared. Your 
gambling arrears, the only thing you
 left
E
behind. And then the magistrate, 
reclaimed our small estate, and my 
poor
                Am
mother lost her mind.


[Chorus]
F                             
Then one day in spring my dear, 
               Am          F
sweet mother died. But before she 
did I took
                       E     F  E
her hand as she dying cried, Oh-oh,


Continues after the ad
[Bridge]
 Dm                              
"Find him, bind him, tie him to a 
                     Am
pole and break his fingers to 
splinters,
                            Dm
drag him to a hole until he wakes 
up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of
 his
E      F  E
grave, oh-oh."


[Verse]
Am
It took me fifteen years to swallow 
all my tears, among the urchins in 
the
E
street. And then a priory, took pity
 and hired me to keep their vestry 
nice
     Am
and neat.


[Chorus]
F                             
But never once in the employ of 
             Am       F
these holy men, did I ever once turn
 my mind
                    E        F  E
from the thought of revenge. Oh-oh.


[Verse]
Am (harsh double strum for this 
part)
One night I overheard, the prior 
exchanging words with a penetant 
whaler from
    E (smooth)  E (harsh double 
strum)
the sea. The captain of his ship, 
who matched you toe to tip, was 
known for a
            Am (smooth)
wanton cruelty.


[Chorus]
F                                 
The following day I shipped to sea
               Am        F
 with the privateer. And in the 
whistle of
                        E     F  E
the wind I could almost hear, oh-oh.


[Bridge]
 Dm                              
"Find him, bind him, tie him to a 
                     Am
pole and break his fingers to 
splinters,
                             Dm
drag him to a whole until he wakes 
up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of
 his
E      F E
grave.


[Interlude]
C                         G      
There is one thing I must say to 
     C                      G  
you, as you sail across the sea. 
   Am
Always your
                  Em        F     
mother will watch over you, as you
                    E
 avenge this wicked deed.


[Instrumental]

Dm Am Dm E
Dm Am Dm E
Dm Am Dm E
Dm Am Dm E


[Verse]
Am                                
And then one fateful night, we had
 you in our sights, after 20 months 
   E
at sea.

Your starboard flank abeam, I was 
getting my muskets clean, when came 
this
                Am
rumbling from beneath.


[Chorus]
    F                              
The ocean shook, the sky went black
                 Am             F
 and the captain quailed. And before
 us
grew the angry jaws of a giant 
E         F          E
whale, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh.


[Verse]
Am
Don't know how I survived, the crew 
all was chewed alive, I must have 
slipped
            E
between his teeth. But oh what 
providence, what divine 
intelligence, that you
                          Am
should survive as well as me.


[Chorus]
F                                 
It gives my heart great joy to see
                     Am       F
 your eyes fill with fear. So lean 
in close
and I will whisper the last words 
       E     F  E
you'll hear, oh-oh.


[Solo]
(all on high E)
E|--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7--|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

E| x2 
B|    
G|    
D|    
A|    
E|    

E|--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-5-7-8--
B|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------

E|12(ho| ld)-10-8-7-5-8-7--| 
B|-----------------------|   
G|-----------------------|   
D|-----------------------|   
A|-----------------------|   
E|-----------------------|