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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

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	G
She / wen	t down last Oc - / tober,

	C	-	D	G
In a / po	uring	drivin	g / rain,

	Am
The / ski	pper he'd been / drinking and

	C	D
The / mat	e he felt no / pain,

	G
Too / clos	e to Three Mile / Rock and

	C	G
She was / dealt he	r mortal / blow and

	Am	D
The / Mar	y Ellen Carter settled / low.

	/G
There was / just us	five a - / board her,

	C	G
When she / finally wa	s a - / wash,

	Am
We / work	ed like hell to / save her,

	C	D
All / he	edless of the / cost, and

	/G
The / gr	oan she gave as / she went down,

	C	G
It /	caused us to pro - / claim,

	Am	D
That the / Mary E	llen / Carter wou	ld rise a - /

	G
	gain!.

Break:

	/G
Well the / own	ers wrote her / off,

	C	-	D	G
Not a / nick	el wo	uld	they / spend,

	Am
"She gave / twenty ye	ars of / service, boys,

	C	D
Then / met	her sorry / end.

	G
But in - / sura	nce paid the / loss to us,

	C	G
So / let	her rest be- / low.",

	Am
Then they / laughed	at us, and,

	D
Said we had to / go.

	G
But we / talked	of her all / winter,

	C	G
Some / days a	round the / clock.

	Am
She's / worth	a quarter / million,

	C	D
A -/ fl	oating at the / dock and

	G
With / eve	ry jar that / hit the bar,

	G
We / swore we would re - / main and

	Am	D	G
Make the / Mary Ell	en / Carter rise	a - /gain!

Chorus:

	Am	-	D	G
Rise a - / gain,	ris	e	a - / gain,

	D	C
That her / name n	ot be / lost,

	G	D
To the / knowl	edge of / men,

	G
All / th	ose who loved her / best and

	C	G
Were / with	her / 'til the / end,

	Am	D
Will make the / Mary Ellen	/ Carter, rise a	- /

	G
	gain!

Break:

	G
All / s	pring now we've been / with her,

	C	-	D	G
On a / barg	e lent	by a / fr	iend.

	Am
Three / dives	a day in a / hardhat suit, and

	C	D
	Twice I've had the / bends.

	G
Thank / God i	t's only / sixty feet, and

	C	G
The / cur	rents here are / slow, or

	Am
I'd / n	ever have the / strength,

	D
To go be - / low.

	G
But we've / patched	her rents, / stopped her vents,

	C	G
Dogged / hatch, a	nd Portholes  / down,

	Am
Put / cab	les to her, / fore and aft and

	C	D
	Girded her a - / round,

	G
To - / mor	row noon, we / hit the air and

	C	G
	Then take up the / strain, an	d

	Am	D	G
Make the / Mary Ell	en / Carter rise	a - / gain!

Break: - Chorus:

	G
For 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
	Living through the / gale, and

	G
The / lau	ghing, drunken / rats,

	C	G
Who left her / to a sor	ry / grave,

	Am	D
They / won'	t be laughing / in another / day, and

	G	C
	You, to whom ad - / versity, has / dealt the final /

	G
	blow,

	Am
With / smil	ing bastards / lying to you,

	C	D
	Everywhere you / go,

	G
Turn / to,	and put out / all your strength,

	C	G
Of / ar	m, and heart and / brain, and

	Am	D	G
Like the / Mary E	llen / Carter ri	se a - / gain!

2nd Chorus:

	Am	D	G
Rise a - / gain,	/ rise	a - / gain,

	D	C
Though your / heart, it	be / broken, or

	G	D
	Life about to / end,

	G
No / mat	ter what you've / lost,

	C	G
Be it a / home	, a love, a / friend,

	Am	D	G
Like the / Mary E	llen / Carter ris	e a - / gain!

Repeat 2nd Chorus, with feeling on second "Rise a - gain".

Outro:

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