The Decemberists - The mariners revenge song
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MARINER'S REVENGE SONG -- THE DECEMBERISTS, "Picaresque" [2005]
Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015
** People before me have tabbed this song, I know, but not entirely.
They would only chord out the first verse, or something, and
this is a more complete version. I hope you enjoy!
<<--LEGEND-->>
acrdn accordion
"acrdn->gtr" accordion tabbed out as guitar part
gtr guitar
BPM beats per minute -- set a metronome to the number
to practice exactly in time.
[G.P.] Grand Pause -- the band is silent
[BRK] Break -- similar to a G.P., except some instrument or
vocals are playing. In the case of the 3rd verse,
the voice is playing while the band only plays the break.
n/c No Chord -- don't play any chords, duh!
D.S. drum set
rit. ritard -- musical term meaning "slow down". In the case of
the 3/4 instrumental, slow down the second time of the
repeated section [last two lines of tab]
ac.bs acoustic bass
"ac.bs->bass" acoustic bass tabbed out as bass-guitar
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INTRO [BPM: 104]
[acrdn->gtr, bass]
e||Am-000-000|Am-000-000|
B||-111-111|-111-111|
G||-222-222|-222-222|
D||--------|--------|
A||0---0---|0---0---|
E||--------|--------|
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||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
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G||--------|--------|
D||--------|--------|
A||0-0-----|0-0-----| [2x]
E||----0-3-|----0-3-|
VERSE
[gtr, bass]
e||Am-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|E7-0-0-0-0|
B||-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|-1-1-1-1|
G||-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-2-2|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||0---0---|0---0---|0---0---|--------|
E||--------|--------|--------|0---0---|
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G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||0-0-----|0-0-----|0-0-----|----2---|
E||----0-3-|----0-3-|----0-3-|0-4---0-|
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 kilAml
AmYou may not remember me
I was a child of three
And you, a lad of eighteE7en
E7 But I remember you
And I will relate to you
How our histories interweAmave
BRIDGE
FAt the time you were
A rake and a roustAmabout
FSpending all your money
On the whores and E7hounds
[FOh,E oh]
VERSE
AmYou had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
My widowed mother found so sE7weet
E7 And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
Now filled with filth and foul disAmease
BRIDGE
As Ftime wore on you proved
A debt-ridden drunken mAmess
FLeaving my mother
A poor consumptive E7wretch
[FOh, Eoh]
VERSE
[use acrdn+bass tab]
Am And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
The only thing you left beE7hind
E7 And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
And my poor mother lost her Ammind
BRIDGE
FThen, one day in spring
My dear sweet mother dAmied
But, beFfore she did
I took her hand as she, dying, cE7ried:
[FOh, Eoh]
CHORUS
Dm Am
e||1---1---|1---1-1-|0---0---|0---0-0-|
B||3---3---|3---3-3-|1---1---|1---1-1-|
G||2---2---|2---2-2-|2---2---|2---2-2-|
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|2---2---|2---2-2-|
A||--------|--------|0---0---|0---0-0-|
E||--------|--------|--------|--------|
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G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|--------|--------|
A||--------|--------|0---0---|0---0-0-|
E||--------|--------|--------|--------|
Dm E7 F E
e||1---1---|1---1-1-|0-------|1---0---||
B||3---3---|3---3-3-|3-------|1---0---||
G||2---2---|2---2-2-|1-------|2---1---||
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|2-------|3---2---||
A||--------|--------|2-------|3---2---||
E||--------|--------|0-------|1---0---||
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G||--------|--------|--------|--------||
D||0---0---|0---0-0-|2-------|--------||
A||--------|--------|--------|--------||
E||--------|--------|--------|1---0---||
"DmFind him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
His Amfingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
DmWakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his E7grave" F E
VERSE
[gtr]
e||Am0000000Gx|Am0000000Gx|Am0000000Gx|Am0-------||
B||11111113|11111113|11111113|1-------||
G||22222220|22222220|22222220|2-------||
D||22222220|22222220|22222220|2-------||
A||0000000x|0000000x|0000000x|0-------||
E||-------3|-------3|-------3|-[G.P.]-||
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Am It took me fifteen years
To swallow all my tears
Among the urchins in the stE7reet
E7 Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
To keep their vestry nice and nAmeat
BRIDGE
But, Fnever once in the employ
Of these holy meAmn
Did FI ever once turn my mind
From the thought of reE7venge
[FOh, Eoh]
[gtr, play next verse this style]
F E Am
e||1---0--0||0------0|0------0|
B||1---0--1||1------1|1------1|
G||2---1--2||2------2|2------2|
D||3---2--2||2------2|2------2|
A||3---2--0||0------0|0------0|
E||1---0---||-[BRK]--|-[BRK]--|
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"oh, oh --- one night..."
VERSE
AmOne night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
With a penitent whaler from the sE7ea
E7 The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
Was known for a wonton crueAmlty
BRIDGE
The Ffollowing day
I shipped to sea
With a privaAmteer
And Fin the whistle
Of the wind
I could almost E7hear
[FOh, Eoh]
CHORUS
"DmFind him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
His Amfingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
DmWakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his E7grave" F E
C There is one thing I must G7say to you
C As you sail across the G7sea
Am Always your mother will watch Emover you
F As you avenge this wicked E7deed"
3/4 INSTRUMENTAL [BPM: 150]
[acrdn+recorder->gtr, bass]
n/c Dm
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|
B||------|------|------|------|------|------|
G||------|------|------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|
D||------|------|0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|
A||------|------|------|------|------|------|
E||[D.S.]|------|------|------|------|------|
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G||------|------|------|------|------|------|
D||------|------|0-----|------|0-----|------|
A||------|------|------|0-----|------|0-----|
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|
Am7
e||------|------|------|------|
B||------|------|------|------|
G||0-----|------|0-----|2-0---|
D||------|2-----|--3-2-|----3-|
A||------|------|------|------|
E||------|------|------|------|
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G||------|------|------|------|
D||------|2-----|------|2-----|
A||0-----|------|0-----|------|
E||------|------|------|------|
Dm E7
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
B||------|------|------|------|------|0-----|3-----|------|
G||------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|1-----|------|------|------|
D||0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|------|------|------|------|
A||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
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G||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
D||0-----|------|0-----|------|2-----|------|2-----|------|
A||------|0-----|------|0-----|------|2-----|------|2-----|
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
[gtr; bass stays the same]
Dm Am7
e|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
D||o ------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|0-----|------|0-----|2-0---|
G|| 0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|------|2-----|--3-2-|----3-|
B|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
A||o ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E|| ------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
Dm E7
e||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
D||------|----0-|2-3-2-|2-0---|------|0-----|3-----|------ o||
G||0---2-|3-----|------|----3-|1-----|------|------|------ ||
B||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
A||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ o||
E||------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ ||
[rit. 2x]
VERSE
[ac.bs->bass]
Am E/G#
G||-------1|2---4-5-|2---5-2-|1-2-4-1-|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||--------|--------|--------|--------|
E||-[BRK]--|--------|--------|--------|
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E7 Am
G||----4-1-|----1-24|12 -4-1--|--------|
D||2-------|2-------|- -----2-|--------|
A||--------|--------|- -------|0-------|
E||--------|--------|- -------|--------|
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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 beAmneath
BRIDGE
The Focean shook
The sky went black
And the captain qAmuailed
And beFfore us grew
The angry jaws
Of a giant Ewhale
[FOh.E..]
VERSE
Am Don't know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
I must have slipped between his tE7eeth
E7 But, oh, what providence
What divine intelligence
That you should survive
As well as Amme
BRIDGE
It Fgives my heart great joy
To see your eyes fill with Amfear
So Flean in close
And I will whisper
The last words you'll E7hear
[FOh, Eoh]
OUTRO [BPM: 100, speeding up to end]
[acrdn->gtr]
n/c, 2x Dm Am
e|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
B||o 1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|
G|| --------|--2---2-|--------|--2---2-|
D|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
A||o --------|--------|--------|--------|
E|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
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[1-4x, skip 5x]
Dm E7 F E
e||--------|--------|0-------|---- ---- ||
B||1-2-1-2-|12-121-1|--------|---- ---- o||
G||--------|--2---2-|--------|---- ---- ||
D||--------|--------|--------|3--532--- ||
A||--------|--------|--------|---- ---- o||
E||--------|--------|--------|---- ---- || [5x]
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[5x, slowly]
F E7 Am
e||--------|00------||
B||1---1---|11------||
G||------2-|22------||
D||--------|22------||
A||--------|00------||
E||--------|-[G.P.]-||
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Wow, that took a lot longer than I thought it would to
tab out! Please, enjoy, and tell me what you think in
the comments.
-ClassicalfreaK