The Mariners Revenge Song chords by The Decemberists

MARINER'S REVENGE SONG -- THE DECEMBERISTS, "Picaresque" (2005)
Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015

** People before me have tabbed this song, I know, but not entirely.
They would only chord out the first verse, or something, and
this is a more complete version. I hope you enjoy!

    <<--🏷Legend-->>
acrdn     accordion
"acrdn->gtr" accordion tabbed out as guitar part
gtr      guitar
BPM      beats per minute -- set a metronome to the number
        to practice exactly in time.
(G.P.)    Grand Pause -- the band is silent
(BRK)     Break -- similar to a G.P., except some instrument or
        vocals are playing. In the case of the 3rd verse,
        the voice is playing while the band only plays the break.
n/c      No Chord -- don't play any chords, duh!
D.S.     drum set
rit.     ritard -- musical term meaning "slow down". In the case of
         the 3/4 instrumental, slow down the second time of the
         repeated section (last two lines of tab)
ac.bs     acoustic bass
"ac.bs->bass" acoustic bass tabbed out as bass-guitar
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INTRO (BPM: 104)
  (acrdn->gtr, bass)
  Am    Am
e||-000-000|-000-000|
B||-111-111|-111-111|
G||-222-222|-222-222|
D||--------|--------|
A||0---0---|0---0---|
E||--------|--------|
 ||    |    |
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
 ||    |    |
G||--------|--------|
D||--------|--------|
A||0-0-----|0-0-----| (2x)
E||----0-3-|----0-3-|

VERSE
  (gtr, bass)
  Am             E7
e||-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|
B||-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|
G||-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||0---0---|0---0---|0---0---|--------|
E||--------|--------|--------|0---0---|
 ||    |    |    |    |
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
 ||    |    |    |    |
G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||0-0-----|0-0-----|0-0-----|----2---|
E||----0-3-|----0-3-|----0-3-|0-4---0-|
Am
 We are two mariners
Our ship's sole survivors
In this belly of a whale

E7
 It's ribs, our ceiling beams
It's guts, our carpeting
                Am
I guess we have some time to kill
Am
You may not remember me
I was a child of three
            E7
And you, a lad of eighteen
E7
 But I remember you
And I will relate to you
             Am
How our histories interweave

BRIDGE
F
At the time you were
         Am
A rake and a roustabout
F
Spending all your money
         E7
On the whores and hounds
 F E
(Oh, oh)

VERSE
Am
You had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
              E7
My widowed mother found so sweet
E7
 And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
                 Am
Now filled with filth and foul disease

BRIDGE
  F
As time wore on you proved
            Am
A debt-ridden drunken mess
F
Leaving my mother
          E7
A poor consumptive wretch
 F  E
(Oh, oh)

VERSE
  (use acrdn+bass tab)
Am
 And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
             E7
The only thing you left behind
E7
 And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
              Am
And my poor mother lost her mind

BRIDGE
F
Then, one day in spring
           Am
My dear sweet mother died
    F
But, before she did
                E7
I took her hand as she, dying, cried:
 F  E
(Oh, oh)

CHORUS
  Dm        Am
e||1---1---|1---1-1-|0---0---|0---0-0-|
B||3---3---|3---3-3-|1---1---|1---1-1-|
G||2---2---|2---2-2-|2---2---|2---2-2-|
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|2---2---|2---2-2-|
A||--------|--------|0---0---|0---0-0-|
E||--------|--------|--------|--------|
 ||    |    |    |    |
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
 ||    |    |    |    |
G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|--------|--------|
A||--------|--------|0---0---|0---0-0-|
E||--------|--------|--------|--------|

  Dm        E7    F  E
e||1---1---|1---1-1-|0-------|1---0---||
B||3---3---|3---3-3-|3-------|1---0---||
G||2---2---|2---2-2-|1-------|2---1---||
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|2-------|3---2---||
A||--------|--------|2-------|3---2---||
E||--------|--------|0-------|1---0---||
 ||    |    |    |    ||
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.||
 ||    |    |    |    ||
G||--------|--------|--------|--------||
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|2-------|--------||
A||--------|--------|--------|--------||
E||--------|--------|--------|1---0---||
 Dm
"Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
  Am
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Dm
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
    E7   F E
Of his grave"

VERSE
  (gtr)
  Am   G Am   G Am   G Am
e||0000000x|0000000x|0000000x|0-------||
B||11111113|11111113|11111113|1-------||
G||22222220|22222220|22222220|2-------||
D||22222220|22222220|22222220|2-------||
A||0000000x|0000000x|0000000x|0-------||
E||-------3|-------3|-------3|-(G.P.)-||
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
Am
 It took me fifteen years
To swallow all my tears
              E7
Among the urchins in the street
E7
 Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
                Am
To keep their vestry nice and neat

BRIDGE
   F
But, never once in the employ
        Am
Of these holy men
  F
Did I ever once turn my mind
           E7
From the thought of revenge
 F  E
(Oh, oh)

  (gtr, play next verse this style)
  F  E Am
e||1---0--0||0------0|0------0|
B||1---0--1||1------1|1------1|
G||2---1--2||2------2|2------2|
D||3---2--2||2------2|2------2|
A||3---2--0||0------0|0------0|
E||1---0---||-(BRK)--|-(BRK)--|
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
 "oh, oh --- one night..."
VERSE
Am
One night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
                 E7
With a penitent whaler from the sea
E7
 The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
              Am
Was known for a wonton cruelty

BRIDGE
  F
The following day
I shipped to sea
      Am
With a privateer
  F
And in the whistle
Of the wind
        E7
I could almost hear
 F  E
(Oh, oh)

CHORUS
 Dm
"Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
  Am
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Dm
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
    E7   F E
Of his grave"
C             G7
 There is one thing I must say to you
C            G7
 As you sail across the sea
Am               Em
 Always your mother will watch over you
F             E7
 As you avenge this wicked deed"

3/4 INSTRUMENTAL (BPM: 150)
  (acrdn+recorder->gtr, bass)
  n/c      Dm
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|
B||------|------|------|------|------|------|
G||------|------|------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|
D||------|------|0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|
A||------|------|------|------|------|------|
E||(D.S.)|------|------|------|------|------|
 ||   |   |   |   |   |   |
 ||x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|
 ||   |   |   |   |   |   |
G||------|------|------|------|------|------|
D||------|------|0-----|------|0-----|------|
A||------|------|------|0-----|------|0-----|
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|

  Am7
e||------|------|------|------|
B||------|------|------|------|
G||0-----|------|0-----|2-0---|
D||------|2-----|--3-2-|----3-|
A||------|------|------|------|
E||------|------|------|------|
 ||   |   |   |   |
 ||x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|
 ||   |   |   |   |
G||------|------|------|------|
D||------|2-----|------|2-----|
A||0-----|------|0-----|------|
E||------|------|------|------|

  Dm             E7
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
B||------|------|------|------|------|0-----|3-----|------|
G||------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|1-----|------|------|------|
D||0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|------|------|------|------|
A||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
 ||   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
 ||x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|
 ||   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
G||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
D||0-----|------|0-----|------|2-----|------|2-----|------|
A||------|0-----|------|0-----|------|2-----|------|2-----|
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

  (gtr; bass stays the same)
   Dm             Am7
e|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
D||o ------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|0-----|------|0-----|2-0---|
G|| 0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|------|2-----|--3-2-|----3-|
B|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
A||o ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

  Dm             E7
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
D||------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|------|0-----|3-----|------ o||
G||0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|1-----|------|------|------ ||
B||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
A||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ o||
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
                      (rit. 2x)

VERSE
  (ac.bs->bass)
  Am             E/G#
G||-------1|2---4-5-|2---5-2-|1-2-4-1-|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||--------|--------|--------|--------|
E||-(BRK)--|--------|--------|--------|
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.

  E7             Am
G||----4-1-|----1-24|12 -4-1--|--------|
D||2-------|2-------|- -----2-|--------|
A||--------|--------|- -------|0-------|
E||--------|--------|- -------|--------|
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x .x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
 (ac.bs below voice)
Am
 And then, that fateful night
We had you in our sight
            E/G#
After twenty months at sea
Your starboard flank abeam
I was getting my muskets clean
                Am
When came this rumbling from beneath

BRIDGE
  F
The ocean shook
The sky went black
         Am
And the captain quailed
   F
And before us grew
The angry jaws
      E
Of a giant whale
 F E
(Oh...)

VERSE
Am
 Don't know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
                 E7
I must have slipped between his teeth
E7
 But, oh, what providence
What divine intelligence
That you should survive
      Am
As well as me

BRIDGE
  F
It gives my heart great joy
              Am
To see your eyes fill with fear
  F
So lean in close
And I will whisper
           E7
The last words you'll hear
 F  E
(Oh, oh)

OUTRO (BPM: 100, speeding up to end)
  (acrdn->gtr)
   n/c, 2x Dm    Am
e|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
B||o 1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|
G|| --------|--2---2-|--------|--2---2-|
D|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
A||o --------|--------|--------|--------|
E|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
   x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.

               (1-4x, skip 5x)
  Dm        E7    F  E
e||--------|--------|0-------|---- ---- ||
B||1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|--------|---- ---- o||
G||--------|--2---2-|--------|---- ---- ||
D||--------|--------|--------|3--532--- ||
A||--------|--------|--------|---- ---- o||
E||--------|--------|--------|---- ---- || (5x)
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x. x.x.

   (5x, slowly)
  F  E7  Am
e||--------|00------||
B||1---1---|11------||
G||------2-|22------||
D||--------|22------||
A||--------|00------||
E||--------|-(G.P.)-||

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Wow, that took a lot longer than I thought it would to
 tab out! Please, enjoy, and tell me what you think in
 the comments.
-ClassicalfreaK