The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

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Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Chords By: RT237
[Intro]
Asus2G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2A
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[Verse 1]
A Em
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
G D Asus2 A
Of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee"
Em
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
G D Asus2 A
When the skies of November turn gloomy
A Em
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
G D Asus2 A
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
A Em
That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
G D Asus2 A
When the "Gales of November" came early
[Verse 2]
A Em
The ship was the pride of the American side
G D Asus2
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
A Em
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
G D Asus2
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
A Em
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
G D Asus2
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
A Em
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
G D Asus2
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
A G/A D/A Asus2A
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[Verse 3]
A Em
The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
G D Asus2 A
And a wave broke over the railing
A Em
And every man knew, as the captain did too
G D Asus2 A
T'was the witch of November come stealin'
A Em
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
G D Asus2
When the Gales of November came slashin'
A Em
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
G D Asus2
In the face of a hurricane west wind
A G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2A
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[Verse 4]
A Em
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck
G D Asus2 A
Sayin’, "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya."
A Em
At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in'
G D Asus2 A
He said "Fellas, it's been good t'know ya"
Em
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
G D Asus2
And the good ship and crew was in peril
A Em
And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight
G D Asus2
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
A G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2A
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A A
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[Verse 5]
Em
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
G D Asus2 A
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
A Em
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
G D Asus2 A
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
A Em
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
G D Asus2
They may have broke deep and took water
A Em
And all that remains is the faces and the names
G D Asus2
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
A G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2 A
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[Verse 6]
Em
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
G D Asus2
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
A Em
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
G D Asus2 A
The islands and bays are for sportsmen
A Em
And farther below Lake Ontario
G D Asus2
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
A Em
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
G D Asus2
with the Gales of November remembered
A G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2A
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A G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2A
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A A
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[Verse 7]
A Em
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
G D Asus2 A
In the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral."
A Em
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times
G D Asus2 A
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
A Em
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
G D Asus2 A
Of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee"
A Em
"Superior", they said, "never gives up her dead
G D Asus2
When the 'Gales of November' come early!"
A G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2A
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A G/A D/A Asus2
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G/A D/A Asus2A
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(fade)

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Free chords for The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Chords By: RT237
[Intro]
| Asus2   | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   |
| G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
| A       | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
[Verse 3]
| A       | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   |
| G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
[Verse 4]
| A       | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   |
| G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
| A       | A
[Verse 5]
| A         | G/A     | D/A         | Asus2     |
| G/A       | D/A     | Asus2       | A         |
[Verse 6]
| A       | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   |
| G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
| A       | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   |
| G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
| A       | A
[Verse 7]
| A       | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   |
| G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
| A       | G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   |
| G/A     | D/A     | Asus2   | A       |
(fade)

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