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From: [email protected] (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: Use a capo on the second fret to play with the record. Intro: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Verses1: Asus2Asus2 E minorEm The 🏷Legend lives on from the chippewa on down of the G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Big lake they called "Gitche Gumee" E minorEm The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 When the skies of November turn gloomy Asus2Asus2 E minorEm With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty. E minorEm That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 When the "Gales of November" came early.
Bridge: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Verses2: Asus2Asus2 E minorEm The ship was the pride of the American side G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin E minorEm As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 With a crew and good captain well seasoned Asus2Asus2 E minorEm Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 When they left fully loaded for Cleveland E minorEm And later that night when the ship's bell rang G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
Bridge: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Verses3: Asus2Asus2 E minorEm The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 And a wave broke over the railing E minorEm And every man knew, as the captain did too, G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 T'was the witch of November come stealin'. Asus2Asus2 E minorEm The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 When the Gales of November came slashin'. E minorEm When afternoon came it was freezin' rain G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 In the face of a hurricane west wind. Bridge: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Verses4: Asus2Asus2 E minorEm When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'. G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya." E minorEm At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in', he said G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 "Fellas, it's been good t'know ya" Asus2Asus2 E minorEm The captain wired in he had water comin' in G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 And the good ship and crew was in peril. E minorEm And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Bridge: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Verses5: Asus2Asus2 E minorEm Does anyone know where the love of God goes G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 When the waves turn the minutes to hours? E minorEm The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her. Asus2Asus2 E minorEm They might have split up or they might have capsized; G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 They May have broke deep and took water. E minorEm And all that remains is the faces and the names G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Of the wives and the sons and the daughters. Bridge: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Verses6: Asus2Asus2 E minorEm Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 In the rooms of her ice-water mansion. E minorEm Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams; G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 The islands and bays are for sportsmen. Asus2Asus2 E minorEm And farther below Lake Ontario G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Takes in what Lake Erie can send her, E minorEm And the iron boats go as the mariners all know G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 With the Gales of November remembered. Bridge: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Verses7: Asus2Asus2 E minorEm In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed, G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 In the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral." E minorEm The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Asus2Asus2 E minorEm The 🏷Legend lives on from the Chippewa on down G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 Of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee". E minorEm "Superior", they said, "never gives up her dead G+G D MajorD Asus2Asus2 When the 'Gales of November' come early!" Outro: Asus2Asus2 A11A11 Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A11A11 D MajorD Asus2Asus2 A augmentedA
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