The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Solo Tab

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: Use a capo on the second fret to play with the record. Intro: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 Verses1: Asus2 Em The legend lives on from the chippewa on down of the G D Asus2 Big lake they called "Gitche Gumee" Em The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead G D Asus2 When the skies of November turn gloomy Asus2 Em With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more G D Asus2 Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty. Em That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed G D Asus2 When the "Gales of November" came early.

Bridge: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 Verses2: Asus2 Em The ship was the pride of the American side G D Asus2 Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin Em As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most G D Asus2 With a crew and good captain well seasoned Asus2 Em Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms G D Asus2 When they left fully loaded for Cleveland Em And later that night when the ship's bell rang G D Asus2 Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'? Bridge: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 Verses3: Asus2 Em The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound G D Asus2 And a wave broke over the railing Em And every man knew, as the captain did too, G D Asus2 T'was the witch of November come stealin'. Asus2 Em The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait G D Asus2 When the Gales of November came slashin'. Em When afternoon came it was freezin' rain G D Asus2 In the face of a hurricane west wind. Bridge: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 Verses4: Asus2 Em When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'. G D Asus2 "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya." Em At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in', he said G D Asus2 "Fellas, it's been good t'know ya" Asus2 Em The captain wired in he had water comin' in G D Asus2 And the good ship and crew was in peril. Em And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight G D Asus2 Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Bridge: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 Verses5: Asus2 Em Does anyone know where the love of God goes G D Asus2 When the waves turn the minutes to hours? Em The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay G D Asus2 If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her. Asus2 Em They might have split up or they might have capsized; G D Asus2 They May have broke deep and took water. Em And all that remains is the faces and the names G D Asus2 Of the wives and the sons and the daughters. Bridge: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 Verses6: Asus2 Em Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings G D Asus2 In the rooms of her ice-water mansion. Em Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams; G D Asus2 The islands and bays are for sportsmen. Asus2 Em And farther below Lake Ontario G D Asus2 Takes in what Lake Erie can send her, Em And the iron boats go as the mariners all know G D Asus2 With the Gales of November remembered. Bridge: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 Verses7: Asus2 Em In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed, G D Asus2 In the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral." Em The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times G D Asus2 For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Asus2 Em The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down G D Asus2 Of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee". Em "Superior", they said, "never gives up her dead G D Asus2 When the 'Gales of November' come early!" Outro: Asus2 A11 Dsus4 D Asus2 A11 D Asus2 A