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Long song, easy guitar part. Settle in, this is the guitar part for the ENTIRE song.
All 8 minutes and 7 seconds of it. There are some parts that have a bit of a cadenza
feel, but they don't go anywhere on the finger board, i marked them "(c-ish)" just
for a head's up. First legitimate tab, please don't kill me!

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


(Start with an Am intro, the strum is easy)

Am                                                                 E
We are two Mariners, our ship's sole survivors, in this belly of a whale
E                        
It's ribs our ceiling beams, it's 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.
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 
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 fowl disease. 
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
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. 
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, 
 Dm                                                  Am         
"Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters, 
                            Dm
drag him to a hole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his 
E      F  E
grave, oh-oh." (Little Am fill right here)
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. 
Dm (c-ish)            Am(c-ish)      Dm(c-ish)
But never once in the employ of these holy men, did I ever once turn my mind 
                    E(c-ish)  F  E
from the thought of revenge. Oh-oh. 
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. 
F                                           Am
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.
 Dm                                                   Am
"Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole and break his fingers to splinters, 
                             Dm
drag him to a whole until he wakes up, naked, clawing at the ceiling of his 
E       F  E
grave. 
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.


Middle section: Dm-Am-Dm-E

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. 
F (c-ish)                                           Am(c-ish)
The ocean shook, the sky went black and the captain quailed. And before us 
                               E     (candenza)  F  E
grew the angry jaws of a giant whale, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
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. 
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 at end,all on high E)
E--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-7-5-7x2
E--8--7--8--7--8-7-5-7-8-5-7-8--12(hold)-10-8-7-5-8-7
(repeat until end of song, get faster and faster each time)

Hope you enjoyed!