Mariner's Revenge Song by The Decemberists, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Mariner's Revenge Song

Biography:

The Decemberists son una banda estadounidense de indie pop, formada en Portland, Oregon. Su nombre deriva de la "Rebelión Decembrista" de 1825 en Rusia, y la temática de sus canciones normalmente trata de historias y personajes ficticios, normalmente mezclado a hechos históricos y siempre manteniendo una línea narrativa.

Actualmente, The Decemberists esta formado por:

Colin Meloy (vocalista, guitarra)
Chris Funk (guitarra, multi-instrumentalista)

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Dm A
We are two Mariners our ship's sole survivors in this belly of a whale
A
It's ribs our ceiling beams it's guts our carpeting I guess we have some time
Dm
to kill
A
You may not remember me I was a child of three and you a lad of eighteen
Dm
But I remember you and I will relate to you how our histories interweave
Bb Dm
At the time you were a rake and a rastabout
Bb A Bb A
Spending all your money on the whores and hounds Oh-oh
Dm
You had a charming air all cheap and debonair my widowed mother found so
A
sweet

And so she took you in her sheets still warm with him now filled
Dm
with filth and foul disease
Bb Dm
As time wore on you proved a debt-ridden drunken mess
Bb A Bb A
Leaving my mother a poor consumptive wretch Oh-oh
Dm
And then you disappeared Your gambling arrears the only thing you left
A
behind

And then the magistrate reclaimed our small estate and my poor
Dm
mother lost her mind
Bb Dm
Then one day in spring my dear sweet mother died
Bb A Bb A
But before she did I took her hand as she dying cried Oh-oh
Bb Dm
Find him bind him tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters
Bb
drag him to a hole until he wakes up naked clawing at the ceiling of his
A Bb A
grave oh-oh
Dm
It took me fifteen years to swallow all my tears among the urchins in the
A
street

And then a priory took pity and hired me to keep their vestry nice
Dm
and neat
Bb Dm Bb
But never once in the employ of these holy men did I ever once turn my mind
A Bb A
from the thought of revenge Oh-oh
Dm
One night I overheard the prior exchanging words with a penetant whaler from
A
the sea

The captain of his ship who matched you toe to tip was known for a
Dm
wanton cruelty
Bb Dm Bb
The following day I shipped to sea with the privateer And in the whistle of
A Bb A
the wind I could almost hear oh-oh
Bb Dm
Find him bind him tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters
Bb
drag him to a hole until he wakes up naked clawing at the ceiling of his
A
grave.
F C F C
There is one thing that I must say to you as you sail across the sea
Dm Am Bb A
Always your mother will watch over you as you avenge this wicked deed

Dm-A-Bb-A

Dm A
And then one fateful night we had you in our sights after twenty months at sea

Your starboard flank abeam I was getting my muskets clean when came this
Dm
rumbling from beneath
Bb Dm
The ocean shook the sky went black and the captain quailed
Bb
And before us grew
A Bb A
the angry jaws of a giant whale oh-oh oh oh-oh
Dm
Don't know how I survived the crew all was chewed alive I must have slipped
A
between his teeth But oh what providence what divine intelligence that you
Dm
should survive as well as me
Bb Dm
It gives my heart great joy to see your eyes fill with fear
Bb
So lean in close
A Bb A
and I will whisper the last words you'll hear oh-oh

Bb-Dm-Bb

A-Bb-C-Dm