The Mary Ellen Carter (Version Celtique)
Key: ECapo 5English
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Am 222000
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Verse
She Gwent down last G/F#October in a C/Gpouring Ddriving Grain
The Amskipper he'd been Amdrinking and the CMate he felt no Dpain
Too Gclose to Three Mile G/F#Rock and she was C/Gdealt her mortal Gblow
And the AmMary Ellen AmCarter settled Dlow D
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There were Gjust us five aG/F#board her when she C/Gfinally Dwas aGwash
We'd Amworked like hell to Amsave her all Cheedless of the Dcost
And the Ggroan she gave as G/F#she went down it C/Gcaused us to proGclaim
That the AmMary Ellen DCarter would rise again
Interlude (arpeggios)
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Well the Gowners wrote her G/F#off not a C/Gnickel Dwould they Gspend
"She gave Amtwenty years of Amservice boys then Cmet her sorry Dend
But inGsurance paid the G/F#loss to us so let C/Gher rest beGlow"
Then they Amlaughed at us and Amsaid we had to Dgo D
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But we Gtalked of her all G/F#winter some C/Gdays aDround the Gclock
She's Amworth a quarter Ammillion aCfloat and at the Ddock
And with Gevery jar that G/F#hit the bar we C/Gswore we would reGmain
And make the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise Gagain G
Chorus
Rise Amagain Drise GaG/F#gain C/G Dthat her Cname not be Clost
To the Gknowledge of Dmen
Oh Gthose who loved her G/F#best and were C/Gwith her 'Dtil the Gend
Will make the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise Gagain
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All Gspring now we've been G/F#with her on a C/Gbarge lent Dby a Gfriend
Three Amdives a day in Amhard hat suit and Ctwice I've had the Dbends
Thank GGod it's only G/F#sixty feet and the C/Gcurrents here are Gslow
Or I'd Amnever have the Amstrength to go beDlow D
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But we've Gpatched her rents G/F#stopped her vents dogged C/Ghatch and Dporthole Gdown
Put Amcables to her 'Amfore and aft and Cgirded her aDround
ToGmorrow noon we G/F#hit the air and C/Gthen take up the Gstrain
And make the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise Gagain G
Chorus
Rise Amagain Drise GaG/F#gain C/G Dthat her Cname not be Clost
To the Gknowledge of Dmen
Oh Gthose who loved her G/F#best and were C/Gwith her 'Dtil the Gend
Will make the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise Gagain
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Verse
For we Gcouldn't leave her G/F#there you see to C/Gcrumble Dinto Gscale
She'd Amsaved our lives so Ammany times Cliving through the Dgale
And the Glaughing drunken G/F#rats who left her C/Gto a sorry Ggrave
They Amwon't be laughing Amin another Dday D
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And Gyou to whom adG/F#versity has C/Gdealt the Dfinal Gblow
With Amsmiling bastards Amlying to you eCverywhere you Dgo
Turn Gto and put out all G/F#your strength of C/Garm and heart and Gbrain
And like the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise Gagain G
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Rise Amagain Drise GaG/F#gain C/G Dthough your Cheart it be broken C (x2)
And Glife about to Dend
No Gmatter what you've G/F#lost be it a C/Ghome a Dlove a Gfriend
But the AmMary Ellen DCarter rise Gagain
Outro (arpeggios)
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