ROGERS STAN - "the mary ellen carter" Tablature

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From: jkiparsk@reed.edu (Tourniquet)

This was posted a month or so ago, it sounds right to me, except that
instead of putting the major 7 in the bass on the G/F#, I just play it up
top. I often get lazy, and just play xx0002 there.
-jon

The Mary Ellen Carter - Words & Music by Stan Rogers (1979)
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DADGAD Tuning, Capo 5th Fret (see notes below)

G G/F# C D G
She went down last October ...
Am C D
The skipper he'd been ...
G G/F# C G
Too close to Three Mile Rock and ...
Am D
And the Mary Ellen Carter ...

G G/F# C D
There was just us five ....
Am C D
We worked like hell to ...
G G/F# C G
And the groan she gave as she went down ...
Am D G
That the Mary Ellen ....

Break: G/F# / C / D / G / G/F# / C / D

Well the owners wrote her off, not a ....

But we talked of her all winter, some ....

Chorus:
Am D G G/F# C
Rise again, ...
D C G D
That her name not be lost ...
G G/F# C D G
All those who loved her ...
Am D G G/F#
Will make the Mary ...

Break: C / D / G / G/F# / C / D

All spring now we've been with her on a ...

But we've pathed her rents, stopped ....

(Repeat Chorus)

For we couldn't leave her there, ...

And you, to whom adversity has dealt ...

2nd Chorus:

Rise again, rise again...

(Repeat 2nd Chorus, with feeling on second 'rise again')

Notes: While this sounds OK in standard tuning, it's even better
in DADGAD tuning. This requires lowering the 6th string by a full
tone, the 2nd string by a full tone, and the first by a full tone.
In DADGAD tuning, use the following chords:

G: x50200 (These stretches are easier with the capo)
G/F#: x40200
C: x20000 or 520000
D: x02002
Am: 222xxx

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