The Mariner's Revenge Song The Decemberists
VERSE
(gtr, bass)
[Am] [E7]
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[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
I guess we have some time to kil[Am]l
[Am]You may not remember me
I was a child of three
And you, a lad of eighte[E7]en
[E7] But I remember you
And I will relate to you
How our histories interwe[Am]ave
BRIDGE
[F]At the time you were
A rake and a roust[Am]about
[F]Spending all your money
On the whores and [E7]hounds
([F]Oh,[E] oh)
VERSE
[Am]You had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
My widowed mother found so s[E7]weet
[E7] And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
Now filled with filth and foul dis[Am]ease
BRIDGE
As [F]time wore on you proved
A debt-ridden drunken m[Am]ess
[F]Leaving my mother
A poor consumptive [E7]wretch
([F]Oh, [E]oh)
VERSE
(use acrdn+bass tab)
[Am] And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
The only thing you left be[E7]hind
[E7] And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
And my poor mother lost her [Am]mind
BRIDGE
[F]Then, one day in spring
My dear sweet mother d[Am]ied
But, be[F]fore she did
I took her hand as she, dying, c[E7]ried:
([F]Oh, [E]oh)
CHORUS
[Dm] [Am]
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[Dm] [E7] [F] [E]
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"[Dm]Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
His [Am]fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
[Dm]Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his [E7]grave"[F] [E]
VERSE
(gtr)
[Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am]
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[Am] It took me fifteen years
To swallow all my tears
Among the urchins in the st[E7]reet
[E7] Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
To keep their vestry nice and n[Am]eat
BRIDGE
But, [F]never once in the employ
Of these holy me[Am]n
Did [F]I ever once turn my mind
From the thought of re[E7]venge
([F]Oh, [E]oh)
(gtr, play next verse this style)
[F] [E] [Am]
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"oh, oh --- one night..."
VERSE
[Am]One night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
With a penitent whaler from the s[E7]ea
[E7] The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
Was known for a wonton crue[Am]lty
BRIDGE
The [F]following day
I shipped to sea
With a priva[Am]teer
And [F]in the whistle
Of the wind
I could almost [E7]hear
([F]Oh, [E]oh)
CHORUS
"[Dm]Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
His [Am]fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
[Dm]Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his [E7]grave"[F] [E]
[C] There is one thing I must [G7]say to you
[C] As you sail across the [G7]sea
[Am] Always your mother will watch [Em]over you
[F] As you avenge this wicked [E7]deed"
3/4 INSTRUMENTAL (BPM: 150)
(acrdn+recorder->gtr, bass)
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[Am7]
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[Dm] [E7]
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(gtr; bass stays the same)
[Dm] [Am7]
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[Dm] [E7]
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VERSE
(ac.bs->bass)
[Am] [E/G#]
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[E7] [Am]
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(ac.bs below voice)
[Am] And then, that fateful night
We had you in our sight
After twenty months at [E/G#]sea
Your starboard flank abeam
I was getting my muskets clean
When came this rumbling from be[Am]neath
BRIDGE
The [F]ocean shook
The sky went black
And the captain q[Am]uailed
And be[F]fore us grew
The angry jaws
Of a giant [E]whale
([F]Oh.[E]..)
VERSE
[Am] Don't know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
I must have slipped between his t[E7]eeth
[E7] But, oh, what providence
What divine intelligence
That you should survive
As well as [Am]me
BRIDGE
It [F]gives my heart great joy
To see your eyes fill with [Am]fear
So [F]lean in close
And I will whisper
The last words you'll [E7]hear
([F]Oh, [E]oh)
OUTRO (BPM: 100, speeding up to end)
(acrdn->gtr)
n/c, 2x Dm Am
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(1-4x, skip 5x)
[Dm] [E7] [F] [E]
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(5x, slowly)
[F] [E7] [Am]
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