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SI FA#
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
LA MI SIof the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee."
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
LA MI SIwhen the skies of November turn gloomy.
FA#With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty,
FA#that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
LA MI SIwhen the "Gales of November" came early.
BRIDGE 1
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SI FA#
The ship was the pride of the American side
coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
FA#As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
LA MI SIwith a crew and good captain well seasoned,
concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
LA MI SIwhen they left fully loaded for Cleveland.
FA#And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
BRIDGE 2
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The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
LA MI SIand a wave broke over the railing.
FA#And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too
'twas the witch of November come stealin'.
FA#The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
LA MI SIwhen the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
LA MI SIin the face of a hurricane west wind.
BRIDGE 2
FA#
When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.
LA MI SI"Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya."
At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in; he said,
LA MI SI"Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!"
FA#The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril.
FA#And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight
LA MI SIcame the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
BRIDGE 2
FA#Does any one know where the love of God goes
LA MI SIwhen the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
LA MI SIif they'd put fifteen more miles behind 'er.
FA#They might have split up or they might have capsized;
they may have broke deep and took water.
FA#And all that remains is the faces and the names
LA MI SIof the wives and the sons and the daughters.
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FA#
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
in the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
FA#Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
LA MI SIthe islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
LA MI SItakes in what Lake Erie can send her,
FA#And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
with the Gales of November remembered.
BRIDGE 2
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BRIDGE 2
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
LA MI SIin the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral."
FA#The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
SI FA#The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
LA MI SIof the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee."
"Superior," they said, "never gives up her dead
LA MI SIwhen the gales of November come early!"
BRIDGE 2
LICK 1
BRIDGE 2 ... REPEAT...
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The legend lives on from the
..Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called
SI.."Gitche Gumee."
FA#The lake, it is said, never gives
..up her dead
LA MI SIwhen the skies of November turn
..gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six
..thousand tons more
LA MIthan the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed
SI..empty,
that good ship and true was a bone
..to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came
SI..early.
BRIDGE 1
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The ship was the pride of the
..American side
coming back from some mill in
..Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go, it was
FA#..bigger than most
LA MIwith a crew and good captain well
..seasoned,
FA#concluding some terms with a
..couple of steel firms
LA MI SIwhen they left fully loaded for
..Cleveland.
FA#And later that night when the
..ship's bell rang,
LA MIcould it be the north wind they'd
SI..been feelin'?
BRIDGE 2
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FA#
The wind in the wires made a
..tattle-tale sound
LA MI SIand a wave broke over the railing.
And ev'ry man knew, as the captain
..did too
'twas the witch of November come
..stealin'.
The dawn came late and the
..breakfast had to wait
when the Gales of November came
..slashin'.
When afternoon came it was
..freezin' rain
in the face of a hurricane west
..wind.
BRIDGE 2
FA#
When suppertime came the old cook
..came on deck sayin'.
LA MI SI"Fellas, it's too rough t'feed
..ya."
FA#At seven P.M. a main hatchway
..caved in; he said,
LA MI SI"Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!"
The captain wired in he had water
..comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in
SI..peril.
FA#And later that night when 'is
..lights went outta sight
LA MI SIcame the wreck of the Edmund
..Fitzgerald.
BRIDGE 2
Does any one know where the love
..of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to
SI..hours?
The searchers all say they'd have
..made Whitefish Bay
LA MIif they'd put fifteen more miles
SI..behind 'er.
They might have split up or they
FA#..might have capsized;
LA MIthey may have broke deep and took
..water.
FA#And all that remains is the faces
..and the names
LA MIof the wives and the sons and the
SI..daughters.
BRIDGE 2
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FA#
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
in the rooms of her ice-water
..mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young
..man's dreams;
the islands and bays are for
..sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
LA MI SItakes in what Lake Erie can send
..her,
FA#And the iron boats go as the
..mariners all know
LA MI SIwith the Gales of November
..remembered.
BRIDGE 2
LICK 1
BRIDGE 2
In a musty old hall in Detroit
..they prayed,
in the "Maritime Sailors'
..Cathedral."
The church bell chimed 'til it
FA#..rang twenty-nine times
LA MI SIfor each man on the Edmund
..Fitzgerald.
SI FA#The legend lives on from the
..Chippewa on down
LA MIof the big lake they call "Gitche
..Gumee."
FA#"Superior," they said, "never
..gives up her dead
LA MI SIwhen the gales of November come
..early!"
BRIDGE 2
LICK 1
BRIDGE 2 ... REPEAT...
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