{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":66665,"song":"Great Lakes Song","artist":"Pat Dailey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11543703-great-lakes-song-chords-by-pat-dailey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66665?type=chord","rating":4.67795,"votes":11,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Great Lakes are a diamond on the hand of North America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBrightly shining jewel on the friendship bordering[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFreshwater highway coming down from Canada[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll along the shoreline, you can hear them sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nchorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSweet mother Michigan,  father Superior[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nComing down from Mackinac and Sault St. Marie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlue water Huron, Flow down to Lake Erie-O[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFall to Ontario and run on out to sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHearty are the seamen on the ships that load the iron ore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing out of Thunder Bay and bound for Buffalo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHearty are the fishermen just like their fathers were before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSay they'll bury me at sea come my time to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh the tales the sailors spin of mermaids singing in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe sinking of the Bessemer, the drowning of the crew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMemories of waters crossed of women won and fortunes lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAre etched upon their faces and their faded old tatoos[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown below the quarter decks the old men mend the fishing nets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp above the windy bridge the young men curse into the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll along the winds of straits(?) the wives and mothers lie awake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPray on lady of the lake to send them home again[/tab]\r\n\r\n(chorus)\r\n(chorus)","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(chorus)\n(chorus)","chords":["G","Em","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}