Intro: Mandolin solo (best o' luck)
/ SOL /She / went down last Oc - / tober,
/ DO - RE / SOLIn a / pouring driving / rain,
The / skipper he'd been / drinking and
/ DO / REThe / mate he felt no / pain,
/ SOL /Too / close to Three Mile / Rock and
She was / dealt her mortal / blow and
/ LAm / REThe / Mary Ellen Carter settled / low.
/SOL /There was / just us five a - / board her,
When she / finally was a - / wash,
/ LAm /We / worked like hell to / save her,
/ DO / REAll / heedless of the / cost, and
The / groan she gave as / she went down,
/ DO / SOLIt / caused us to pro - / claim,
/ LAm / RE / SOLThat the / Mary Ellen / Carter would rise a - / gain.
Break:
Well the / owners wrote her / off,
/ DO - RE / SOLNot a / nickel would they / spend,
/ LAm /"She gave / twenty years of / service, boys,
Then / met her sorry / end.
/ SOL /But in - / surance paid the / loss to us,
/ DO / SOLSo / let her rest be- / low.",
Then they / laughed at us, and,
/ RESaid we had to / go.
/ SOL /
But we / talked of her all / winter,
/ DO / SOLSome / days around the / clock.
She's / worth a quarter / million,
/ DO / REA -/ floating at the / dock and
/ SOL /With / every jar that / hit the bar,
We / swore we would re - / main and
/ LAm / RE / SOLMake the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
Chorus
/ LAm - RE / SOL
Rise a - / gain, rise a - / gain,
That her / name not be / lost,
/ SOL / RETo the / knowledge of / men,
/ SOL /All / those who loved her / best and
Were / with her 'til the / end,
/ LAm / RE / SOLWill make the / Mary Ellen / Carter, rise a - / gain.
Break:
/ SOL /
All / spring now we've been / with her,
On a / barge lent by a / friend.
/ LAm /Three / dives a day in a / hardhat suit, and
DO / RETwice I've had the / bends.
Thank / God it's only / sixty feet, and
/ DO / SOLThe / currents here are / slow, or
/ LAm /I'd / never have the / strength,
To go be - / low.
/ SOL /But we've / patched her rents, / stopped her vents,
/ DO / SOLDogged / hatch, and Portholes / down,
Put / cables to her, / fore and aft and
DO / REGirded her a - / round,
/ SOL /To - / morrow noon, we / hit the air and
Then take up the / strain, and
/ LAm / RE / SOLMake the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
Break: - Chorus:
/ SOL /
For we / couldn't leave her / there,
You see to / crumble into / scale.
/ LAm /She'd / saved our lives, so / many times,
DO / RELiving through the / gale, and
The / laughing, drunken / rats,
/ DO / SOLWho left her / to a sorry / grave,
/ LAm / / REThey / won't be laughing / in another / day, and
You, to whom ad - / versity, has / dealt the final / blow,
/ LAm /With / smiling bastards / lying to you,
DO / REEverywhere you / go,
Turn / to, and put out / all your strength,
/ DO / SOLOf / arm, and heart and / brain, and
/ LAm / RE / SOLLike the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
2nd Chorus:
Rise a - / gain, / rise a - / gain,
/ RE / DOThough your / heart, it be / broken, or
SOL / RELife about to / end,
No / matter what you've / lost,
/ DO / SOLBe it a / home, a love, a / friend,
/ LAm / RE / SOLLike the / Mary Ellen / Carter rise a - / gain!
Repeat 2nd Chorus, with feeling on second "Rise a - gain".
Outro:
Intro: Mandolin solo (best o'
..luck)
She / went down last Oc - / tober,
/ DO - RE / SOLIn a / pouring driving / rain,
/ LAm /The / skipper he'd been / drinking
..and
/ DO / REThe / mate he felt no / pain,
Too / close to Three Mile / Rock
..and
She was / dealt her mortal / blow
..and
The / Mary Ellen Carter settled /
RE..low.
/SOL /There was / just us five a - /
..board her,
/ DO / SOLWhen she / finally was a - / wash,
We / worked like hell to / save
..her,
All / heedless of the / cost, and
/ SOL /The / groan she gave as / she went
..down,
/ DO / SOLIt / caused us to pro - / claim,
/ LAm / REThat the / Mary Ellen / Carter
..would rise a - / gain.
Break:
/ SOL /
Well the / owners wrote her / off,
/ DO - RE / SOLNot a / nickel would they / spend,
"She gave / twenty years of /
..service, boys,
Then / met her sorry / end.
/ SOL /But in - / surance paid the / loss
..to us,
/ DO / SOLSo / let her rest be- / low.",
/ LAmThen they / laughed at us, and,
Said we had to / go.
But we / talked of her all /
..winter,
Some / days around the / clock.
/ LAm /She's / worth a quarter / million,
/ DO / REA -/ floating at the / dock and
With / every jar that / hit the
..bar,
We / swore we would re - / main
..and
Make the / Mary Ellen / Carter
/ SOL..rise a - / gain!
Chorus
/ LAm - RE / SOL
Rise a - / gain, rise a - / gain,
That her / name not be / lost,
/ SOL / RETo the / knowledge of / men,
/ SOL /All / those who loved her / best
..and
/ DO / SOLWere / with her 'til the / end,
Will make the / Mary Ellen /
RE / SOL..Carter, rise a - / gain.
Break:
/ SOL /
All / spring now we've been / with
..her,
/ DO - RE / SOLOn a / barge lent by a / friend.
Three / dives a day in a / hardhat
..suit, and
Twice I've had the / bends.
/ SOL /Thank / God it's only / sixty
..feet, and
/ DO / SOLThe / currents here are / slow, or
/ LAm /I'd / never have the / strength,
To go be - / low.
/ SOL /But we've / patched her rents, /
..stopped her vents,
/ DO / SOLDogged / hatch, and Portholes /
..down,
/ LAm /Put / cables to her, / fore and
..aft and
DO / REGirded her a - / round,
/ SOL /To - / morrow noon, we / hit the
..air and
DO / SOLThen take up the / strain, and
Make the / Mary Ellen / Carter
/ SOL..rise a - / gain!
Break: - Chorus:
/ SOL /
For we / couldn't leave her /
..there,
/ DO - RE / SOLYou see to / crumble into / scale.
She'd / saved our lives, so / many
..times,
Living through the / gale, and
/ SOL /The / laughing, drunken / rats,
/ DO / SOLWho left her / to a sorry / grave,
They / won't be laughing / in
/ RE..another / day, and
SOL / /You, to whom ad - / versity, has /
..dealt the final / blow,
/ LAm /With / smiling bastards / lying to
..you,
DO / REEverywhere you / go,
/ SOL /Turn / to, and put out / all your
..strength,
/ DO / SOLOf / arm, and heart and / brain,
..and
/ LAm / RELike the / Mary Ellen / Carter
..rise a - / gain!
2nd Chorus:
/ LAm / RE / SOL
Rise a - / gain, / rise a - /
..gain,
/ RE / DOThough your / heart, it be /
..broken, or
SOL / RELife about to / end,
/ SOL /No / matter what you've / lost,
Be it a / home, a love, a /
..friend,
Like the / Mary Ellen / Carter
/ SOL..rise a - / gain!
Repeat 2nd Chorus, with feeling on
..second "Rise a - gain".
Outro:
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