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The Mariners Revenge Song by The Decemberists

The Mariners Revenge Song chords by The Decemberists

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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
=======================================================================
INTRO (BPM: 104)
  (acrdn->gtr, bass)
  A minorAm    A minorAm
e||-000-000|-000-000|
BB||-111-111|-111-111|
G+G||-222-222|-222-222|
D MajorD||--------|--------|
A augmentedA||0---0---|0---0---|
E MajorE||--------|--------|
 ||    |    |
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
 ||    |    |
G+G||--------|--------|
D MajorD||--------|--------|
A augmentedA||0-0-----|0-0-----| (2x)
E MajorE||----0-3-|----0-3-|

VERSE
  (gtr, bass)
  A minorAm             E7E7
e||-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|
BB||-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|
G+G||-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|
D MajorD||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A augmentedA||0---0---|0---0---|0---0---|--------|
E MajorE||--------|--------|--------|0---0---|
 ||    |    |    |    |
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
 ||    |    |    |    |
G+G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D MajorD||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A augmentedA||0-0-----|0-0-----|0-0-----|----2---|
E MajorE||----0-3-|----0-3-|----0-3-|0-4---0-|
A minorAm
 We are two mariners
Our ship's sole survivors
In this belly of a whale

E7E7
 It's ribs, our ceiling beams
It's guts, our carpeting
                A minorAm
I guess we have some time to kill
A minorAm
You may not remember me
I was a child of three
            E7E7
And you, a lad of eighteen
E7E7
 But I remember you
And I will relate to you
             A minorAm
How our histories interweave

BRIDGE
FF
At the time you were
         A minorAm
A augmentedA rake and a roustabout
FF
Spending all your money
         E7E7
On the whores and hounds
 FF E MajorE
(Oh, oh)

VERSE
A minorAm
You had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
              E7E7
My widowed mother found so sweet
E7E7
 And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
                 A minorAm
Now filled with filth and foul disease

BRIDGE
  FF
As time wore on you proved
            A minorAm
A augmentedA debt-ridden drunken mess
FF
Leaving my mother
          E7E7
A augmentedA poor consumptive wretch
 FF  E MajorE
(Oh, oh)

VERSE
  (use acrdn+bass tab)
A minorAm
 And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
             E7E7
The only thing you left behind
E7E7
 And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
              A minorAm
And my poor mother lost her mind

BRIDGE
FF
Then, one day in spring
           A minorAm
My dear sweet mother died
    FF
But, before she did
                E7E7
I took her hand as she, dying, cried:
 FF  E MajorE
(Oh, oh)

CHORUS
  DmDm        A minorAm
e||1---1---|1---1-1-|0---0---|0---0-0-|
BB||3---3---|3---3-3-|1---1---|1---1-1-|
G+G||2---2---|2---2-2-|2---2---|2---2-2-|
D MajorD||0---0---|0---0-0-|2---2---|2---2-2-|
A augmentedA||--------|--------|0---0---|0---0-0-|
E MajorE||--------|--------|--------|--------|
 ||    |    |    |    |
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
 ||    |    |    |    |
G+G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D MajorD||0---0---|0---0-0-|--------|--------|
A augmentedA||--------|--------|0---0---|0---0-0-|
E MajorE||--------|--------|--------|--------|

  DmDm        E7E7    FF  E MajorE
e||1---1---|1---1-1-|0-------|1---0---||
BB||3---3---|3---3-3-|3-------|1---0---||
G+G||2---2---|2---2-2-|1-------|2---1---||
D MajorD||0---0---|0---0-0-|2-------|3---2---||
A augmentedA||--------|--------|2-------|3---2---||
E MajorE||--------|--------|0-------|1---0---||
 ||    |    |    |    ||
 ||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.||
 ||    |    |    |    ||
G+G||--------|--------|--------|--------||
D MajorD||0---0---|0---0-0-|2-------|--------||
A augmentedA||--------|--------|--------|--------||
E MajorE||--------|--------|--------|1---0---||
 DmDm
"Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
  A minorAm
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
DmDm
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
    E7E7   FF E MajorE
Of his grave"

VERSE
  (gtr)
  A minorAm   G+G A minorAm   G+G A minorAm   G+G A minorAm
e||0000000x|0000000x|0000000x|0-------||
BB||11111113|11111113|11111113|1-------||
G+G||22222220|22222220|22222220|2-------||
D MajorD||22222220|22222220|22222220|2-------||
A augmentedA||0000000x|0000000x|0000000x|0-------||
E MajorE||-------3|-------3|-------3|-(G.P.)-||
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
A minorAm
 It took me fifteen years
To swallow all my tears
              E7E7
Among the urchins in the street
E7E7
 Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
                A minorAm
To keep their vestry nice and neat

BRIDGE
   FF
But, never once in the employ
        A minorAm
Of these holy men
  FF
Did I ever once turn my mind
           E7E7
From the thought of revenge
 FF  E MajorE
(Oh, oh)

  (gtr, play next verse this style)
  FF  E MajorE A minorAm
e||1---0--0||0------0|0------0|
BB||1---0--1||1------1|1------1|
G+G||2---1--2||2------2|2------2|
D MajorD||3---2--2||2------2|2------2|
A augmentedA||3---2--0||0------0|0------0|
E MajorE||1---0---||-(BRK)--|-(BRK)--|
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
 "oh, oh --- one night..."
VERSE
A minorAm
One night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
                 E7E7
With a penitent whaler from the sea
E7E7
 The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
              A minorAm
Was known for a wonton cruelty

BRIDGE
  FF
The following day
I shipped to sea
      A minorAm
With a privateer
  FF
And in the whistle
Of the wind
        E7E7
I could almost hear
 FF  E MajorE
(Oh, oh)

CHORUS
 DmDm
"Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
  A minorAm
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
DmDm
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
    E7E7   FF E MajorE
Of his grave"
C majorC             G7G7
 There is one thing I must say to you
C majorC            G7G7
 As you sail across the sea
A minorAm               E minorEm
 Always your mother will watch over you
FF             E7E7
 As you avenge this wicked deed"

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

  Am7Am7
e||------|------|------|------|
BB||------|------|------|------|
G+G||0-----|------|0-----|2-0---|
D MajorD||------|2-----|--3-2-|----3-|
A augmentedA||------|------|------|------|
E MajorE||------|------|------|------|
 ||   |   |   |   |
 ||x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|
 ||   |   |   |   |
G+G||------|------|------|------|
D MajorD||------|2-----|------|2-----|
A augmentedA||0-----|------|0-----|------|
E MajorE||------|------|------|------|

  DmDm             E7E7
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
BB||------|------|------|------|------|0-----|3-----|------|
G+G||------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|1-----|------|------|------|
D MajorD||0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|------|------|------|------|
A augmentedA||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E MajorE||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
 ||   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
 ||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+G||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
D MajorD||0-----|------|0-----|------|2-----|------|2-----|------|
A augmentedA||------|0-----|------|0-----|------|2-----|------|2-----|
E MajorE||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

  (gtr; bass stays the same)
   DmDm             Am7Am7
e|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
D MajorD||o ------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|0-----|------|0-----|2-0---|
G+G|| 0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|------|2-----|--3-2-|----3-|
BB|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
A augmentedA||o ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E MajorE|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

  DmDm             E7E7
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
D MajorD||------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|------|0-----|3-----|------ o||
G+G||0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|1-----|------|------|------ ||
BB||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
A augmentedA||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ o||
E MajorE||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
                      (rit. 2x)

VERSE
  (ac.bs->bass)
  A minorAm             E/G#
G+G||-------1|2---4-5-|2---5-2-|1-2-4-1-|
D MajorD||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A augmentedA||--------|--------|--------|--------|
E MajorE||-(BRK)--|--------|--------|--------|
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.

  E7E7             A minorAm
G+G||----4-1-|----1-24|12 -4-1--|--------|
D MajorD||2-------|2-------|- -----2-|--------|
A augmentedA||--------|--------|- -------|0-------|
E MajorE||--------|--------|- -------|--------|
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x .x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
 (ac.bs below voice)
A minorAm
 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
                A minorAm
When came this rumbling from beneath

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

VERSE
A minorAm
 Don't know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
                 E7E7
I must have slipped between his teeth
E7E7
 But, oh, what providence
What divine intelligence
That you should survive
      A minorAm
As well as me

BRIDGE
  FF
It gives my heart great joy
              A minorAm
To see your eyes fill with fear
  FF
So lean in close
And I will whisper
           E7E7
The last words you'll hear
 FF  E MajorE
(Oh, oh)

OUTRO (BPM: 100, speeding up to end)
  (acrdn->gtr)
   n/c, 2x DmDm    A minorAm
e|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
BB||o 1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|
G+G|| --------|--2---2-|--------|--2---2-|
D MajorD|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
A augmentedA||o --------|--------|--------|--------|
E MajorE|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
   x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.

               (1-4x, skip 5x)
  DmDm        E7E7    FF  E MajorE
e||--------|--------|0-------|---- ---- ||
BB||1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|--------|---- ---- o||
G+G||--------|--2---2-|--------|---- ---- ||
D MajorD||--------|--------|--------|3--532--- ||
A augmentedA||--------|--------|--------|---- ---- o||
E MajorE||--------|--------|--------|---- ---- || (5x)
  x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x. x.x.

   (5x, slowly)
  FF  E7E7  A minorAm
e||--------|00------||
BB||1---1---|11------||
G+G||------2-|22------||
D MajorD||--------|22------||
A augmentedA||--------|00------||
E MajorE||--------|-(G.P.)-||

===============================================
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

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