Gordon Lightfoot - Edmund fitzgerald

^Dsus2The legend lives on from^Am the chippewa on down Of the^C big lak^Ge they called ^Dsus2"Gitche Gumee" The lake, it is said, never ^Amgives up her dead When the s^Ckies of N^Govember turn gl^Dsus2oomy With a load of iron ore twenty-six ^Amthousand tons more Than the ^CEdmund Fitzg^Gerald weighed ^Dsus2empty. That good ship and crew was a ^Ambone to be chewed When the "G^Cales of N^Govember" came e^Dsus2arly.

The ship was the pride of the ^AmAmerican side Coming^C back from s^Gome mil^Dsus2l in Wisconsin As the big freighters go, it was b^Amigger than most With a^C crew and go^God captain^Dsus2 well seasoned Concluding some terms with a c^Amouple of steel firms When they l^Ceft fully ^Gloaded for ^Dsus2Cleveland And later that night when the ^Amship's bell rang Could it^C be the nor^Gth wind they'd^Dsus2 been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a ^Amtattle-tale sound And a ^Cwave bro^Gke over ^Dsus2the railing And every man knew, as the ^Amcaptain did too, T'was the w^Citch of ^GNovember come ^Dsus2stealin'. The dawn came late and the ^Ambreakfast had to wait When the^C Gales ^Gof November ^Dsus2came slashin'. When afternoon came it was ^Amfreezin' rain In the^C face of^G a hurricane w^Dsus2est wind.

When suppertime came, the old ^Amcook came on deck Sayin’. ^C"Fellas, i^Gt's too rough t^Dsus2o feed ya." At Seven P.M. a main ^Amhatchway caved in', he said ^C"Fellas, i^Gt's been good ^Dsus2t'know ya" The captain wired in he had ^Amwater comin' in and the^C good ship a^Gnd crew w^Dsus2as in peril. And later that night when 'is l^Amights went outta sight Came the^C wreck of t^Ghe Edmund^Dsus2 Fitzgerald.

Does any one know where the l^Amove of God goes When the^C waves turn ^Gthe minut^Dsus2es to hours? The searches all say they'd have ^Ammade Whitefish Bay If they'd^C put fifteen m^Gore miles ^Dsus2behind her. They might have split up or they m^Amight have capsized; They ^Cmay have bro^Gke deep and ^Dsus2took water. And all that remains is the ^Amfaces and the names Of the^C wives and t^Ghe sons and^Dsus2 the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, S^Amuperior sings In the^C rooms of h^Ger ice-w^Dsus2ater mansion. Old Michigan steams like a ^Amyoung man's dreams; The i^Cslands and ^Gbays are for s^Dsus2portsmen. And farther below ^AmLake Ontario Takes^C in what La^Gke Erie can ^Dsus2send her, And the iron boats go as the ^Ammariners all know with the^C Gales ^Gof Novem^Dsus2ber remembered.

In a musty old hall in D^Ametroit they prayed, In the ^C"Mariti^Gme Sailo^Dsus2rs' Cathedral." The church bell chimed till it r^Amang twenty-nine times For each m^Can on the ^GEdmund Fitzg^Dsus2erald. The legend lives on from the Ch^Amippewa on down Of the^C big lake th^Gey call "Gi^Dsus2tche Gumee". "Superior", they said, "never g^Amives up her dead When the ^C'Gales ^Gof November' c^Dsus2ome early!"