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)
GG/F#CDG
She went down last October ...
AmCD
The skipper he'd been ...
GG/F#CG
Too close to Three Mile Rock and ...
AmD
And the Mary Ellen Carter ...
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GG/F#CD
There was just us five ....
AmCD
We worked like hell to ...
GG/F#CG
And the groan she gave as she went down ...
AmDG
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:
AmDGG/F#C
Rise again, ...
DCGD
That her name not be lost ...
GG/F#CDG
All those who loved her ...
AmDGG/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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