The Mary Ellen Carter
The Longest Johns
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G G G C D G [Verse 1]G Oh She went down last October,C D G In a pouring driving rain,Am The skipper he'd been drinking andC D The mate he felt no pain,G Out close to Three Mile Rock andC G She was dealt her mortal blow thenAm D The Mary Ellen Carter settled low.G There was just us four aboard her,C G When she finally was awash,Am We worked like hell to save her,C D All heedless of the cost, butG The groan she made as she went down,C G It caused us to proclaim,Am D That the Mary Ellen Carter wouldG rise again. [Chorus]Am D G Rise again, rise again,C C May her name not be lost,G D To the knowledge of men,G All those who loved her best and whoC D G Were with her 'til the end,Am D Will make the Mary Ellen Carter,G rise again. [Break]G G G C D G [Verse 2]G Well the company 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 insurance paid the loss to us,C G Then let her rest below",Am Then they laughed at us, andD Said we had to go.Continues after the adG But we talked of her all winter,C G Sometimes days around the clock.Am She's worth a quarter million,C D A-floating at the dock, andG With every jar that hit the bar,C G We swore we would remain andAm D Make the Mary Ellen Carter riseG again! [Chorus]Am D G Rise again, rise again,C C May her name not be lost,G D To the knowledge of men,G All those who loved her best and whoC D G Were with her 'til the end,Am D Will make the Mary Ellen Carter,G rise again. [Break]G G G C D G [Verse 3]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, andC D Twice I've had the bends.G Thank God it's only sixty feet, andC G The currents here are slow, orAm I'd never have the strength,D To go below.G So we patched her rents, stopped her vents,C G Dogged hatch, and Portholes down,Am Put cables to her, fore and aft andC D Girded her around,G Tomorrow noon, we hit the air andC G Then take up the strain, andAm D Make the Mary Ellen Carter riseG again [Chorus]Am D G Rise again, rise again,C C May her name not be lost,G D To the knowledge of men,G All those who loved her best and whoC D G Were with her 'til the end,Am D Will make the Mary Ellen Carter,G rise again. [Break]G G G C D G [Verse 4]G Well 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 Fighting through the gale, andG The laughing, drunken rats,C G Who led her to a sorry grave, wellAm They won't be laughing in anotherD day, and toG C You, to whom adversity, has dealtG it's mortal 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, andAm D Like the Mary Ellen Carter riseG again! [Chorus 2]Am D G Rise again, rise again,C C Though your heart, it be broke, and yourG 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 riseG again!Am D G Rise again, rise again,C C Though your heart, it be broke, and yourG 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 riseG again!