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Intro
|G |C |D |C D |
|G |C |D |C D G |
|G G/F# |C D |G G/F# |C D |
Verse 1
She went down last October
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 aboard her
When she finally was a-wash
We worked like hell to save her
All heedless of the cost
And the groan she gave as she went down
It caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again
|C D |G |
|C D |
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 insurance paid the loss to us
So let her rest below."
Then they laughed at us
And said we had to go
But we talked of her all winter
Some days around the clock
She's worth a quarter million
Afloat and at the dock
And with every jar that hit the bar
We swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!
Chorus
Rise again, rise again
That her name not be lost
To the knowledge of men
All those who loved her best and
Were with her 'til the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
|C D |G |
|C D |
Verse 3
All spring now we've been with her
On a barge lent by a friend
Three dives a day in a hardhat 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 below
But we've patched her rents, stopped her vents
Dogged hatch and porthole down
Put cables to her fore and aft
And girded her around
Tomorrow noon, we hit the air
And then take up the strain and
Make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again!
Chorus
Rise again, rise again
That her name not be lost
To the knowledge of men
All those who loved her best and
Were with her 'til the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again
|G |C |D |C G |
|G |C |D |C D G |
|C D |G |C D |
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 adversity 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
Rise again, rise again
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
Rise again, ri-i-ise again
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
|G |C |D |C D |
|G |C |D |C D G* |
* = Single strum
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