Chord Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot

edmund fitzgerald by : gordon lightfoot chords by : rt237 Asus2 Em the legend lives on from the chippewa on down G D Asus2 of the big lake they called "gitche gumee" Em the lake , it is said , never gives up her dead G D Asus2 when the skies of november turn gloomy Em with a load of iron ore twenty - six thousand tons more G D Asus2 than the edmund fitzgerald weighed empty . Em that good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed G D Asus2 when the "gales of november" came early . Em the ship was the pride of the american side G D Asus2 coming back from some mill in wisconsin Em as the big freighters go , it was bigger than most G D Asus2 with a crew and good captain well seasoned Em concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms G D Asus2 when they left fully loaded for cleveland Em and later that night when the ship’s bell rang G D Asus2 could it be the north wind they’d been feelin’? Em the wind in the wires made a tattle - tale sound G D Asus2 and a wave broke over the railing Em and every man knew , as the captain did too , G D Asus2 t’was the witch of november come stealin’ . Em the dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait G D Asus2 when the gales of november came slashin’ . Em when afternoon came it was freezin’ rain G D Asus2 in the face of a hurricane west wind . Em when suppertime came , the old cook came on deck G D Asus2 sayin . "fellas , it’s too rough to feed ya . " Em at seven p . m . a main hatchway caved in’ , G D Asus2 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 . Em and later that night when ’is lights went outta sight G D Asus2 came the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald . Em does any one know where the love of god goes G D Asus2 when the waves turn the minutes to hours? Em the searches all say they’d have made whitefish bay G D Asus2 if they’d put fifteen more miles behind her . Em they might have split up or they might have capsized; G D Asus2 they may have broke deep and took water . Em and all that remains is the faces and the names G D Asus2 of the wives and the sons and the daughters . Em lake huron rolls , superior sings G D Asus2 in the rooms of her ice - water mansion . Em old michigan steams like a young man’s dreams; G D Asus2 the islands and bays are for sportsmen . Em and farther below lake ontario G D Asus2 takes in what lake erie can send her , Em and the iron boats go as the mariners all know G D Asus2 with the gales of november remembered . Em in a musty old hall in detroit they prayed , G D Asus2 in the "maritime sailors’ cathedral . " Em the church bell chimed till it rang twenty - nine times G D Asus2 for each man on the edmund fitzgerald . Em the legend lives on from the chippewa on down G D Asus2 of the big lake they call "gitche gumee" . Em "superior" , they said , "never gives up her dead G D Asus2 when the ’gales of november’ come early!"