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Mariners Revenge Song by The Decemberists - Guitar Chords

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            "Mariner's Revenge Song" off Picaresque by the Decemberists

Long song, easy guitar part. Settle in, this is the guitar part for the ENTIRE song.
All 8 minutes and 7 seconds of it.


[Intro]
Am

[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 kill. 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.


[Instrumental]

Dm C Dm E
Dm C Dm E
Dm C Dm E
Dm C Dm E


[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]
(all on high E)

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e|--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-5-7-8--12(hold)-10-8-7-5-8-7--|
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(repeat until end of song, get faster and faster each time)
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