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From: mfifer@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Matthew Fifer) Subject: CRD: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot THE FULL, CORRECT "WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD" BY GORDON LIGHTFOOT (originally posted by Brian Ross, then messed and fixed by Matthew Fifer) I just took this excellent work and expanded chords over all the verses. Note: capo2 to play with the record. A11 x02233 or xx0430 hammer on the high e xx0433 xx432 xx430 to D [Intro] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 [Verses 1]
The Asus2legend lives on from the Emchippewa on down of the GBig lake they Dcalled "Gitche Asus2Gumee" The lake, it is said, never gEmives up her dead When the Gskies of NoDvember turn Asus2gloomy With a Asus2load of iron ore twenty-six Emthousand tons more Than the GEdmund DFitzgerald weighed Asus2empty. That good ship and true was a Embone to be chewed When the "GGales of NDovember" came Asus2early.
[Bridge] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 [Verses 2]
The Asus2ship was the pride of the EmAmerican side GComing back from some Dmill in Asus2Wisconsin As the big freighters go, it was Embigger than most With a Gcrew and good Dcaptain well Asus2seasoned CoAsus2ncluding some terms with a Emcouple of steel firms When they Gleft fully Dloaded for Asus2Cleveland And later that night when the Emship's bell rang Could it Gbe the north Dwind they'd been Asus2feelin'?
[Bridge] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 [Verses 3]
The Asus2wind in the wires made a Emtattle-tale sound And a Gwave broke Dover the Asus2railing And every man knew, as the Emcaptain did too, T'was the Gwitch of DNovember come Asus2stealin'. The Asus2dawn came late and the Embreakfast had to wait When the GGales of DNovember came Asus2slashin'. When afternoon came it was Emfreezin' rain In the Gface of a Dhurricane Asus2west wind.
[Bridge] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 [Verses 4]
When Asus2suppertime came, the old Emcook came on deck sayin'. G"Fellas, it's Dtoo rough to Asus2feed ya." At Seven P.M. a main Emhatchway caved in', he said G"Fellas, it's Dbeen good t'Asus2know ya" The Asus2captain wired in he had Emwater comin' in And the Ggood ship and Dcrew was in Asus2peril. And later that night when 'is Emlights went outta sight Came the Gwreck of the DEdmund Asus2Fitzgerald.
[Bridge] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 [Verses 5]
Does Asus2anyone know where the Emlove of God goes When the Gwaves turn the Dminutes to Asus2hours? The searchers all say they'd have Emmade Whitefish Bay If they'd Gput fifteen Dmore miles beAsus2hind her. They Asus2might have split up or they Emmight have capsized; They GMay have broke Ddeep and took Asus2water. And all that remains is the Emfaces and the names Of the Gwives and the Dsons and the Asus2daughters.
[Bridge] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 [Verses 6]
Lake Asus2Huron rolls, Superior Emsings In the Grooms of her iDce-water Asus2mansion. Old Michigan steams like a Emyoung man's dreams; The isGlands and Dbays are forAsus2 sportsmen. And Asus2farther below Lake EmOntario Takes Gin what Lake EDrie can Asus2send her, And the iron boats go as the Emmariners all know With the GGales of DNovember remAsus2embered.
[Bridge] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 [Verses 7]
In a Asus2musty old hall in EmDetroit they prayed, In the "GMaritime DSailors' CatAsus2hedral." The church bell chimed till it rang Emtwenty-nine times For each Gman on the DEdmund FitzgAsus2erald. The Asus2legend lives on from the EmChippewa on down Of the Gbig lake they Dcall "Gitche GuAsus2mee". "Superior", they said, "never Emgives up her dead When the 'GGales of NoDvember' come Asus2early!"
[Outro] Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2