Mariners Revenge Song Chords - The Decemberists

Intro

Verse

Am E We are two Mariners, our ship's sole survivors, in this belly of a whale E Its ribs our ceiling beams, its guts our carpeting, I guess we have some time Am to k**l. You may not remember me, I was a child of three, and you a lad of E eighteen. But I remember you, and I will relate to you, how our histories Am interweave.

Chorus

F Am F At the time you were a rake and a rastabout. Spending all your money on the E F E whores and hounds. Oh-oh.

Verse

Am You had a charming air, all cheap and debonair, my widowed mother found so E sweet. And so she took you in, her sheets still warm with him, now filled Am with filth and foul disease.

Chorus

F Am F As time wore on you proved a debt-ridden drunken mess. Leaving my mother a E F E poor consumptive wretch. Oh-oh.

Verse

Am And then you disappeared. Your gambling arrears, the only thing you left E behind. And then the magistrate, reclaimed our small estate, and my poor Am mother lost her mind.

Chorus

F Am F Then one day in spring my dear, sweet mother died. But before she did I took E F E her hand as she dying cried, Oh-oh,

Bridge

F Am "Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters, F drag him to a hole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his E F E grave, oh-oh."

Verse

Am It took me fifteen years to swallow all my tears, among the urchins in the E street. And then a priory, took pity and hired me to keep their vestry nice Am and neat.

Chorus

F Am F But never once in the employ of these holy men, did I ever once turn my mind E F E from the thought of revenge. Oh-oh.

Verse

Am (harsh double strum for this part) One night I overheard, the prior exchanging words with a penetant whaler from E (smooth) E (harsh double strum) the sea. The captain of his ship, who matched you toe to tip, was known for a Am (smooth) wanton cruelty.

Chorus

F Am F The following day I shipped to sea with the privateer. And in the whistle of E F E the wind I could almost hear, oh-oh.

Bridge

F Am "Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters, F drag him to a whole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his E F E grave.

Interlude

C G C G Am There is one thing I must say to you, as you sail across the sea. Always your Em F E mother will watch over you, as you avenge this wicked deed.

Instr

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Verse

Am E And then one fateful night, we had you in our sights, after 20 months at sea. Your starboard flank abeam, I was getting my muskets clean, when came this Am rumbling from beneath.

Chorus

F Am F The ocean shook, the sky went black and the captain quailed. And before us E F E grew the angry jaws of a giant whale, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh.

Verse

Am Don't know how I survived, the crew all was chewed alive, I must have slipped E between his teeth. But oh what providence, what divine intelligence, that you Am should survive as well as me.

Chorus

F Am F It gives my heart great joy to see your eyes fill with fear. So lean in close E F E and I will whisper the last words you'll hear, oh-oh.

Solo

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