The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
The [A]legend lives on
from the [Em]Chippewa on down
Of the [G]big lake they [D]called Gitche [A]Gumee
[A]
The [A]lake, it is said, never [Em]gives up her dead
When the [G]skies of No[D]vember turn [A]gloomy
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With a [A]load of iron ore
twenty-six [Em]thousand tons more
Than the [G]Edmund Fitz[D]gerald weighed [A]empty
[A]
That [A]good ship and true
was a [Em]bone to be chewed
When the [G]gales of No[D]vember came [A]early
[A]

[Verse 2]
The [A]ship was the pride of the A[Em]merican side
Coming [G]back from some [D]mill in Wis[A]consin
As the [A]big freighters go,
it was [Em]bigger than most
With a [G]crew and good [D]captain well [A]seasoned
Con[A]cluding some terms
with a [Em]couple of steel firms
When they [G]left fully [D]loaded for [A]Cleveland
And [A]later that night when the [Em]ship's bell rang
Could it [G]be the north [D]wind they'd been [A]feelin'?

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
The [A]wind in the wires made a [Em]tattle-tale sound
And a [G]wave broke [D]over the [A]railing[A]
And [A]every man knew, as the [Em]captain did too
T'was the [G]witch of No[D]vember come [A]stealin'
[A]
The [A]dawn came late
and the [Em]breakfast had to wait
When the [G]gales of No[D]vember came [A]slashin'
When [A]afternoon came it was [Em]freezin' rain
In the [G]face of a [D]hurricane [A]west wind

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 4]
When [A]suppertime came,
the old [Em]cook came on deck sayin'
[G]"Fellas, it's [D]too rough to [A]feed [A]ya"
At [A]seven PM, a main [Em]hatchway caved in,
he said [G]"Fellas, it's [D]been good to [A]know ya"
[A]
The [A]captain wired in he had [Em]water comin' in
And the [G]good ship and [D]crew was in [A]peril
And [A]later that night
when his [Em]lights went outta sight
Came the [G]wreck of the Ed[D]mund Fitz[A]gerald

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 5]
Does [A]any one know
where the [Em]love of God goes
When the [G]waves turn the [D]minutes to [A]hours?
[A]
The [A]searchers all say
they'd have [Em]made Whitefish Bay
If they'd [G]put fifteen [D]more miles be[A]hind her
[A]
They [A]might have split up
or they [Em]might have capsized
They [G]may have broke [D]deep and took [A]water
And [A]all that remains
is the [Em]faces and the names
Of the [G]wives and the [D]sons and the [A]daughters

[Interlude 4]
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[Verse 6]
[A]Lake Huron rolls, Su[Em]perior sings
In the [G]rooms of her [D]ice-water [A]mansion
Old [A]Michigan steams
like a [Em]young man's dreams
The [G]islands and [D]bays are for [A]sportsmen
[A]
And [A]farther below Lake On[Em]tario
Takes [G]in what Lake [D]Erie can [A]send her
And the [A]iron boats go
as the [Em]mariners all know
With the [G]gales of No[D]vember re[A]membered

[Interlude 5]
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[Verse 7]
In a [A]musty old hall in Det[Em]roit they prayed
In the [G]maritime [D]sailors' ca[A]thedral[A]
The [A]church bell chimed
'til it rang [Em]twenty-nine times
For each [G]man on the [D]Edmund Fitz[A]gerald
[A]
The [A]legend lives on
from the [Em]Chippewa on down
Of the [G]big lake they [D]called Gitche [A]Gumee
[A]
Su[A]perior they said, never [Em]gives up her dead
When the [G]gales of No[D]vember come [A]early

[Outro 1]
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