The Mariner's Revenge Song
by The Decemberists · posted by g0th_c0mmie
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
*For Harmonica in Paddy Tuning(3=-3")*
Verses
3 3 -2 3 -3 4
We are two mariners
3 3 3 -2 3 -3 4
Our ships' sole survivors
3 3 3 -3 4 4 -4 -3
In this belly of a whale
-4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3
Its ribs are ceiling beams
-4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3
Its guts are carpeting
-4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3 4 4 3
I guess we have some time to kill
3 3 3 -2 3 -3 4
You may not remember me
3 3 -2 3 -3 4
I was a child of three
3 3 -2 3 -3 4 -4 -3
And you, a lad of eighteen
4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3
But I remember you
4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -3
And I will relay to you
-4 -4 -4 4 -3 -3 -3 4 3
How our histories interweave
4 -3 3 4 -3
At the time you were
3 4 -3 -3 3 -2" 2
A rake and a roustabout
4 -3 3 4 -3 3
Spending all your money
-4 4 -3 4 -3
On the whores and hounds
-2" 2
(-5 5)
Oh oh
Chorus
4 -3 4 -3
"Find him, bind him
4 -3 3 -3 4 -3 3 -3
Tie him to a pole and break his
4 -3 -3 4 -3
Fingers to splinters
4 -3 3 -3 4 -3 3 -3
Drag him to a hole until he
4 -3 4 -3
Wakes up naked
4 -3 3 -3 -4 4 -3 4 -3
Clawing at the ceiling of his grave"
Bridge
5 5 5 5 -4 4 -4 -3 -2
"There is one thing I must say to you
5 5 5 5 -4 4 -4
As you sail across the sea
4 4 4 4 4 -3 3 -3 -2 2
Always, your mother will watch over you
4 4 -4 4 4 -3 3 -3
As you avenge this wicked deed"
Waltz
-4 . 5 -5 . 6
-6 7 -6 -6 6 -5
6 . . 5 . .
6 -5 5 -6 6 -5
-4 . 5 -5 . 6
-6 7 -6 -6 6 -5
6 . . 5 . .
6 -5 5 -6 6 -5
5 . . -7. . . 8. . .
Outro
4 -3 4 -3
4 -3 3 -3 4 -3 3 -3
4 -3 4 -3
4 -3 3 -3 4 -3 3 -3
4 -3 4 -3
4 -3 3 -3 4 -3 4 -4
5.... -5 6 -5 5..
-5 5 3