The Mary Ellen Carter
The Mary Ellen Carter

The Mary Ellen Carter easy guitar chords by Stan Rogers

1979•Folk
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    • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    She 
    went 
    down 
    last 
    Oc
    tober 

    in 
    a 
    pouring 
    driving 
    rain 

    The 
    skipper, 
    he'd 
    been 
    drinking 

    and 
    the 
    Mate, 
    he 
    felt 
    no 
    pain 

    Too 
    close 
    to 
    Three 
    Mile 
    Rock, 

    and 
    she 
    was 
    dealt 
    her 
    mortal 
    blow 

    And 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter 
    settled 
    low 

    There 
    was 
    just 
    us 
    five 
    a
    board 
    her 

    when 
    she 
    finally 
    was 
    a
    wash 

    We'd 
    worked 
    like 
    hell 
    to 
    save 
    her, 

    all 
    heedless 
    of 
    the 
    cost 

    And 
    the 
    groan 
    she 
    gave 
    as 
    she 
    went 
    down, 

    it 
    caused 
    us 
    to 
    pro
    claim 

    That 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter 
    would 
    rise 
    again 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 2
    Well, 
    the 
    owners 
    wrote 
    her 
    off, 

    not 
    a 
    nickel 
    would 
    they 
    spend 

    "She 
    gave 
    twenty 
    years 
    of 
    service, 
    boys, 

    then 
    met 
    her 
    sorry 
    end 

    But 
    in
    surance 
    paid 
    the 
    loss 
    to 
    us, 

    so 
    let 
    her 
    rest 
    be
    low" 

    Then 
    they 
    laughed 
    at 
    us 

    and 
    said 
    we 
    had 
    to 
    go 

    But 
    we 
    talked 
    of 
    her 
    all 
    winter, 

    some 
    days 
    a
    round 
    the 
    clock 

    She's 
    worth 
    a 
    quarter 
    million, 

    a
    float 
    and 
    at 
    the 
    dock 

    And 
    with 
    every 
    jar 
    that 
    hit 
    the 
    bar, 

    we 
    swore 
    we 
    would 
    re
    main 

    And 
    make 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter 
    rise 
    again 

    Chorus 1
    Rise 
    again, 
    rise 
    a
    gain! 

    That 
    her 
    name 
    not 
    be 
    lost 

    to 
    the 
    knowledge 
    of 
    men 

    Oh, 
    those 
    who 
    loved 
    her 
    best 

    and 
    were 
    with 
    her 
    till 
    the 
    end 

    Will 
    make 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter 
    rise 
    again 



    Verse 3
    All 
    spring, 
    now, 
    we've 
    been 
    with 
    her 

    on 
    a 
    barge 
    lent 
    by 
    a 
    friend 

    Three 
    dives 
    a 
    day 
    in 
    hard 
    hat 
    suit 

    and 
    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 
    be
    low 

    But 
    we've 
    patched 
    her 
    rents, 

    stopped 
    her 
    vents, 

    dogged 
    hatch 
    and 
    porthole 
    down 

    Put 
    cables 
    to 
    her, 
    'fore 
    and 
    aft 

    and 
    birded 
    her 
    a
    round 

    To
    morrow, 
    noon, 
    we 
    hit 
    the 
    air 

    and 
    then 
    take 
    up 
    the 
    strain 

    And 
    watch 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter 
    rise 
    again 

    Chorus 2
    Rise 
    again, 
    rise 
    a
    gain! 

    That 
    her 
    name 
    not 
    be 
    lost 

    to 
    the 
    knowledge 
    of 
    men 

    Oh, 
    those 
    who 
    loved 
    her 
    best 

    and 
    were 
    with 
    her 
    till 
    the 
    end 

    Will 
    make 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter 
    rise 
    again 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 4
    For 
    we 
    couldn't 
    leave 
    her 
    there, 

    you 
    see, 
    to 
    crumble 
    into 
    scale 

    She'd 
    saved 
    our 
    lives 
    so 
    many 
    times, 

    living 
    through 
    the 
    gale 

    And 
    the 
    laughing, 
    drunken 
    rats 

    who 
    left 
    her 
    to 
    a 
    sorry 
    grave 

    They 
    won't 
    be 
    laughing 
    in 
    another 
    day 

    And 
    you, 
    to 
    whom 
    ad
    versity 

    has 
    dealt 
    the 
    final 
    blow 

    With 
    smiling 
    bastards 
    lying 
    to 
    you 

    everywhere 
    you 
    go 

    Turn 
    to, 
    and 
    put 
    out 
    all 
    your 
    strength 

    of 
    arm 
    and 
    heart 
    and 
    brain 

    And 
    like 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter, 
    rise 
    again 

    Chorus 3
    Rise 
    again, 
    rise 
    a
    gain! 

    Though 
    your 
    heart 
    it 
    be 
    broken 

    or 
    life 
    about 
    to 
    end 

    No 
    matter 
    what 
    you've 
    lost, 

    be 
    it 
    a 
    home, 
    a 
    love, 
    a 
    friend 

    Like 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter, 
    rise 
    again 

    Chorus 4
    Rise 
    again, 
    rise 
    a
    gain! 

    Though 
    your 
    heart 
    it 
    be 
    broken 

    or 
    life 
    about 
    to 
    end 

    No 
    matter 
    what 
    you've 
    lost, 

    be 
    it 
    a 
    home, 
    a 
    love, 
    a 
    friend 

    Like 
    the 
    Mary 
    Ellen 
    Carter, 
    rise 
    again 

    Outro 1


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