The Mary Ellen Carter chords by Stan Rogers

Chords with lyrics

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

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

Break: G/F# / C majorC / D MajorD / G+G / G/F# / C majorC / D MajorD

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

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

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

Break: C majorC / D MajorD / G+G / G/F# / C majorC / D MajorD

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