Song Name: | The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Chrom | By: | Gordon Lightfoot |
Posted By: | EarthDogHarpin | Difficulty: | Intermediate |
Key: | C | Genre: | 70s |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2009-10-19 17:10:33 | Modified: | 2009-10-21 11:10:50 |
Song: | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Chromatic)
Music & Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot Key of C Major Range: C4 � D5 Notations: none=blow -= draw *=button in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 3 -4 3 -2 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 The legend lives on -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 from the Chip-pe-wa on down -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 of the big lake they called 3 -2 3 1 "Git-che Gu-mee." 3 4 4 4 4 The lake, it is said, -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 Ne-ver gives up her dead -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 when the skies of No-vem-ber -2 3 1 turn gloo-my. 3 4 4 4 4 With a load of iron ore -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 twenty-six thousand tons more -3* -3* -3*-3* -3* -3 3 than the Ed-mund Fitz-ger-ald -2 3 1 weighed emp-ty, 3 4 4 4 4 That good ship and true -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 was a bone to be chewed -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 when the "Gales of No-vem-ber" -2 3 4 came early. 3 4 4 4 4 -5 The ship was the pride 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 3 of the A-mer-i-can side -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 Com-ing back from some mill 3 -2 3 1 in Wis-con-sin. 3 4 4 4 4 4 As the big freighters go, -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 it was big-ger than most -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 with a crew and good captain -2 3 4 well sea-soned, 3 4 4 4 4 -5 concluding some terms -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 with a couple of steel firms -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 when they left ful-ly loaded -2 3 1 for Cleveland. 3 4 4 4 And later that 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 night when the ship's bell rang, -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 could it be the north wind 3 -2 3 4 they'd been feelin'? 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3 3 -2 3 3 4 4 4 The wind in the 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 wires made a tattle-tale sound -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 and a wave broke ov-er -2 3 1 the railing. 3 4 4 4 4 And ev'ry man knew, -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 as the cap-tain did too -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 'twas the witch of No-vem-ber -2 3 4 come stealin'. 3 4 4 4 The dawn came late -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 and the breakfast had to wait -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 when the Gales of No-vem-ber -2 3 4 came slashin'. 3 4 4 4 4 When af-ter-noon came -5 4 -3* 3 3 it was freezin' rain -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 -2 in the face of a hur-ri-cane 3 4 west wind. 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 4 -3 -3 3* 3 -4 3 -2 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 When suppertime came -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3* the old cook came on deck say-in'. -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 "Fellas, it's too rough -2 3 1 t'feed ya." 3 4 4 4 4 At seven P. M. -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 a main hatchway caved in; -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 he said, "Fel-las, it's bin good -2 3 4 t'know ya!" 3 4 4 4 4 The captain wired in -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 he had wa-ter comin' in -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 and the good ship and crew was -2 3 1 in per-il. 3 4 4 4 4 And later that night -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 when 'is lights went outta sight -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 came the wreck of the Ed-mund -2 3 4 Fitzgerald. 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 4 -3 -3 3* 3 -4 3 -2 3 1 3 4 4 4 Does any one know -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 where the love of God goes -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 when the waves turn the minutes -2 3 1 to hours? 3 4 4 4 4 The searchers all say -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 they'd have made Whitefish Bay -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 if they'd put fifteen more miles -2 3 4 behind 'er. 3 4 4 4 4 They might have split up -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 or they might have capsized; -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 they may have broke deep 3 -2 3 1 and took water. 3 4 4 4 4 And all that remains -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 is the faces and the names -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 of the wives and the sons 3 -2 3 4 and the daughters. 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 4 -3 -3 3* 3 -4 3 -2 3 1 3 4 4 Lake Huron 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 rolls, Su-per-i-or sings -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* in the rooms of her -3 3 -2 3 1 ice-water mansion. 3 4 4 4 4 Old Mi-chi-gan steams -5 4 -3* 3 3 like a young man's dreams; -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 -2 the is-lands and bays are for 3 4 sportsmen. 3 4 4 4 4 And farther be-low -5 4 -3* 3 3 Lake On-ta-ri-o -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 takes in what Lake Er-ie -2 3 1 can send her, 3 4 4 4 4 But the iron boats go -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 as the mariners all know -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 with the Gales of No-vem-ber -2 3 4 Re-mem-bered. 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 4 -3 -3 3* 3 -4 3 -2 3 1 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 4 -3 -3 3* 3 -4 3 -2 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 In a mus-ty old hall -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 in De-tro-it they prayed, -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 in the "Mar-i-time Sailors' -2 3 1 Ca-the-dral." 3 4 4 4 The church bell chimed -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 'til it rang twenty-nine times -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* for each man on the -3 3 -2 3 4 Ed-mund Fitzgerald. 3 4 4 4 4 The legend lives on -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 From the Chip-pe-wa on down -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 of the big lake they call 3 -2 3 1 "Git-che Gu-mee." 3 4 4 4 4 "Su-per-ior," they said, -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 "never gives up her dead -3* -3* -3* -3* -3* -3 3 when the gales of No-vem-ber -2 3 4 come early!" 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 4 -3 -3 3* 3 -4 3 -2 3 1 4 4 -5 4 -3* 3 3 3 3 -3 -3* -3* -3 3 -2 3 4 -3 -3 3* 3 -4 3 -2 3 1(sustain) |