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!
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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)
Am Am
e||-000-000|-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)
Am E7
e||-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0|-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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||x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|x.x.x.x.|
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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
Am
I guess we have some time to kill
Am
You may not remember me
I was a child of three
E7
And you, a lad of eighteen
E7
But I remember you
And I will relate to you
Am
How our histories interweave
BRIDGE
F
At the time you were
Am
A rake and a roustabout
F
Spending all your money
E7
On the whores and hounds
F E
(Oh, oh)
VERSE
Am
You had a charming air
All cheap and debonair
E7
My widowed mother found so sweet
E7
And so she took you in
Her sheets still warm with him
Am
Now filled with filth and foul disease
BRIDGE
F
As time wore on you proved
Am
A debt-ridden drunken mess
F
Leaving my mother
E7
A poor consumptive wretch
F E
(Oh, oh)
VERSE
(use acrdn+bass tab)
Am
And then you disappeared
Your gambling arrears
E7
The only thing you left behind
E7
And then the magistrate
Reclaimed our small estate
Am
And my poor mother lost her mind
BRIDGE
F
Then, one day in spring
Am
My dear sweet mother died
F
But, before she did
E7
I took her hand as she, dying, cried:
F E
(Oh, oh)
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---||
Dm
"Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
Am
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Dm
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
E7 F E
Of his grave"
VERSE
(gtr)
Am G Am G Am G Am
e||0000000x|0000000x|0000000x|0-------||
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
E7
Among the urchins in the street
E7
Until a priory
Took pity and hired me
Am
To keep their vestry nice and neat
BRIDGE
F
But, never once in the employ
Am
Of these holy men
F
Did I ever once turn my mind
E7
From the thought of revenge
F E
(Oh, oh)
(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
Am
One night I overheard
The prior exchanging words
E7
With a penitent whaler from the sea
E7
The captain of his ship
Who matched you toe to tip
Am
Was known for a wonton cruelty
BRIDGE
F
The following day
I shipped to sea
Am
With a privateer
F
And in the whistle
Of the wind
E7
I could almost hear
F E
(Oh, oh)
CHORUS
Dm
"Find him, find him
Tie him to a pole and break
Am
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Dm
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
E7 F E
Of his grave"
C G7
There is one thing I must say to you
C G7
As you sail across the sea
Am Em
Always your mother will watch over you
F E7
As you avenge this wicked deed"
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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||x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|x.x.x.|
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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||--------|--------|- -------|--------|
x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x .x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
(ac.bs below voice)
Am
And then, that fateful night
We had you in our sight
E/G#
After twenty months at sea
Your starboard flank abeam
I was getting my muskets clean
Am
When came this rumbling from beneath
BRIDGE
F
The ocean shook
The sky went black
Am
And the captain quailed
F
And before us grew
The angry jaws
E
Of a giant whale
F E
(Oh...)
VERSE
Am
Don't know how I survived
The crew all was chewed alive
E7
I must have slipped between his teeth
E7
But, oh, what providence
What divine intelligence
That you should survive
Am
As well as me
BRIDGE
F
It gives my heart great joy
Am
To see your eyes fill with fear
F
So lean in close
And I will whisper
E7
The last words you'll hear
F E
(Oh, oh)
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|| --------|--------|--------|--------|
x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x. x.x.x.x.
(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
