Paul Gross - Robert mackenzie

^Am32 men on a Great Lakes boat ^CQuit the pier at Thunder Bay ^G28,000 tons of coal On a ^Fcold November ^Gday ^Am800 feet and 10 more long ^C80 feet across The ^Gsteel mills of Detroit Our desti^Fnation through the ^Gfrost

^AmAt 2 AM on the 2nd Waves were ^Crunnin' up to 40 feet ^GWinds were blowing 60 miles Our ^Fengines crankin' ^Gheat ^AmAt 3:13 we took a wave Our ^Cwheelhouse left behind The ^Gradar slipped beneath the waves And ^Fwe were runnin' ^Gblind ^CHear me call across the ^Gwaves If I don't come home ton^Amight I will make it home some ^Fday ^G

(^AmSteel boats and iron men) ^G32 down on the ^DRobert Mackenzie (^AmSteel boats and iron men) ^G32 down on the ^DRobert Mackenzie (^AmSteel boats and iron men) ^E32 down on the Robert Mackenzie

A ^Amcaptain name of Phillips Seekin' ^Cshelter from the storm ^GTurned us south of Bête Grise Bay By ^Fway of Keewenaw ^Gpoint But the ^Amwind was blowing at such a rate We ^Cended up driftin' north A ^Gwave broke over a knife of rock ^FSix Fathom Shoal

^AmMackenzie she was cut in half The ^Cstern she ram the bow The ^Gmen were calling metaljunk ^FFlames burned out of ^Emhell ^AmStern kept running on lights of blades Not ^Cone man would be found ^GCaptain's last transmission read ^F32 men down

^CHear me call across the ^Gwaves If I don't come home ton^Amight I will make it home ^Fsomeday ^G

(^AmSteel boats and iron men) ^G32 down on the ^DRobert Mackenzie (^AmSteel boats and iron men) ^G32 down on the ^DRobert Mackenzie (^AmSteel boats and iron men) ^G32 down on the ^DRobert Mackenzie ^FDown Down Down Down ^GDown Down Down Down

^CAnd they call across the ^Gwaves If I don't come home toni^Amght I will make it home some^Fday ^G

^CYes, I call across the wa^Gves If i don´t come home ton^Amight I will make it home some ^Fday ^G