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The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFkyDB2InTs Capo 2 for original. Intro: Am /\/G7 C // // G/ F/ Em Am, x 2 V1

The legend lives on ^G7from ^Amthe ^EmChippewa on down, Of the ^Cbig lake they ^Dmcalled ^CGit^G7che ^CGu^Ammee.^Em ^Am ^Em ^Am The lake it is said ^G7ne-^Amver ^Emgives up her dead, When the ^Gskies of No^Fvember turn ^Cgloo^Ammy. ^Em ^Am ^Em ^Am

With a load of iron ore ^G7twenty-^Amsix ^Emthousand tons more, Than the ^GEdmund Fitz^Fgerald weighed ^Cemp^Amty. ^Em ^Am That good ship and crew ^G7was^Am a ^Embone to be chewed, When the ^Ggales of No^Fvember came ^Cear^Amly. ^Em ^Am ^Em ^Am

The ship was the pride ^G7of ^Amthe A-^Emmerican side, G F C Am / Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin. As the big freighters go ^G7it ^Amwas ^Embigger than most, G F C Am / With a crew and good captain well seasoned.

Concluding some terms ^G7with^Am a ^Emcouple of steel firms, G F C Am / When they left fully loaded for Cleveland. Then later that night ^G7when ^Amthe ^Emships bell rang, Could it ^Gbe the North ^Fwind they'd been ^Cfee^Amlin?

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The wind in the wires ^G7made^Am a ^Emtattle-tale sound, And a ^Gwave, broke ^Fover the ^Crai^Amling. ^Em ^Am And every man knew ^G7as ^Amthe ^Emcaptain did too, Twas the ^Gwitch of No^Fvember come ^Cstea^Amlin.

The dawn came late ^G7and ^Amthe ^Embreakfast had to wait, When the ^Ggales of No^Fvember came ^Cslash^Aming. When afternoon came ^G7it ^Amwas ^Emfreezing rain, In the ^Gface of a ^Fhurricane ^Cwest ^Amwind.

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When suppertime came ^G7the ^Amold ^Emcook came on deck, Saying ^GFellas, it's ^Ftoo rough, to ^Cfeed ^Amya. At seven P.M. ^G7a ^Ammain ^Emhatchway caved in, He said ^GFellas, it's ^Fbeen good to ^Cknow ^Amya.

The captain wired in ^G7he ^Amhad ^Emwater coming in, And the ^Ggood ship and ^Fcrew was ^Cin pe^Amril. And later that nigh ^G7when ^Amhis ^Emlights went outta sight, Came the ^Gwreck, of the ^FEdmund Fitz^Cger^Amald.

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Does any one know ^G7where ^Amthe ^Emlove of God goes, When the ^Gwaves turn the ^Fminutes, ^Cto ho^Amurs. The searchers all say ^G7they'd ^Amhave ^Emmade Whitefish Bay, If they'd ^Gput fifteen ^Fmore miles be^Chind ^Amher.

V10

They may have split up ^G7or ^Amthey ^Emmight have capsized, They ^Gmay have broke d^Feep and took ^Cwa^Amter. And all that remains ^G7is ^Amthe ^Emfaces and the names, Of the ^Gwives and the ^Fsons and the ^Cdaugh^Amters.

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Lake Huron rolls ^G7Su-^Amper-^Emior sings, In the ^Grooms of her ^Ficewater ^Cman^Amsion. Old Michigan steams ^G7like ^Am a ^Emyoung man’s dreams, The ^Gislands and ^Fbays are for ^Csports^Ammen.

V12:

And farther below-^G7ow ^Amlake ^EmOntario, Takes ^Gin what Lake ^FErie can ^Csend ^Amher, And the iron boats ^G7go ^Amas the ^Emmariners all know, With the ^Ggales of No^Fvember re^Cmem^Ambered.

Interlude: Am \/\G7 C/ \/Em/ / F / Em Am G/ F/ Em Am V13:

In a musty old hall, ^G7in ^AmDet^Emroit they prayed, In the ^Gmaritime ^Fsailors ca^Cthe^Amdral. ^Am ^Em The church bell chimed ^G7till ^Amit ^Emrang twenty-nine times, For each ^Gman on the ^FEdmund Fitz^Cger^Amald.

V14:

The legend lives on, ^G7from ^Amthe ^EmChippewa on down, Of the ^Gbig lake they ^Fcall gitche ^Cgu^Ammee. Superior they said, ^G7never ^Amgives ^Emup her dead, When the ^Ggales of No^Fvember come ^Cear^Amly.

Outro: Am \/\G7 C/ \/Em/ / F / Em Am G/ F/ Em Am

Gordon Lightfoot - The wreck of the edmund fitzgerald