Wreck Of The Edmund chords by Gordon Lightfoot

THE FULL, CORRECT "WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD" BY GORDON LIGHTFOOT

(originally posted by Brian Ross, then messed and fixed by me)

Note:  Use a capo on the second fret to play in tune with the record.
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Intro:
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Asus2, A11, Dsus4, D, Asus2, A11, D, Asus2

Verses:
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  Asus2                      Em
The ..
G             D              Asus2
Big ..
                             Em
The ..
         G          D           Asus2
When ..

Bridge:
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Play the intro between verse sections.

That is, after:
"...could it be the north wind they'd bin feelin'?",
"...came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (twice here),
"...with the gales of November remembered", and
"...when the gales of November come early"

The Chords: (relative to the capo, which is the zero fret, or nut)
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   Asus2             A11             Dsus4              D
              (nut is 3rd fret)
===========      ===========      ===========      ===========
| | | | | |      | | | | O |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
|-|-|-|-|-|     4|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|
| | O O | |      | | | O | |      | | | O | |      | | | O | O
|-|-|-|-|-|     5|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|
| | | | | |      | | O | | |      | | | | O O      | | | | O |
|-|-|-|-|-|     6|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
|-|-|-|-|-|     7|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|


     G                Em
===========      ===========
| | | | | |      | | | | | |
|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|
| O | | | |      | O O | | |
|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|
O | | | | O      | | | | | |
|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|
| | | | | |      | | | | | |
|-|-|-|-|-|      |-|-|-|-|-|


The Full Lyrics (thanks to Brian Ross)
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Once again, a hundred thousand *MORE* apologies to Brian Ross who obviously spent a long time on this -- heck, it's still worth getting just for the great lyric chart alone!!!  Also, apologies to those who were confused by my post. I'll be more careful!  It's just that, played "correctly" :^), this song sounds so eerie, that you can give yourself goose bumps.  It's even worth buying a 12-string JUST TO PLAY THIS SONG!

P.S. Any big GL fans?  I'd still love to hear from you!

Matthew Fifer
mfifer@merle.acns.nwu.edu