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Song Name: |
The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald |
By: |
Gordon Lightfoot |
Posted By: |
gene |
Difficulty: |
Beginner |
Key: |
B |
Genre: |
General |
Harp Type: |
Diatonic |
Audio: |
The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald |
Created: |
2007-04-22 02:04:02 |
Modified: |
2008-01-15 02:01:28 |
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Song: |
This song has 14 verses, and each verse has two sentences.
The last syllabe of the first sentence in each verse is blow 4. (The midi I tabbed from indicates a draw 4, but I don't agree.)
The last syllable of the second sentence in each verse is blow 7.
Just play the first sentence over and over, except for the blow 7'�And counting syllables, I guess.
Verses 1 and 6 are different, though. In verse 1, both sentences end with blow 4, and in verse 6, both sentences end with blow 7. After the sentences in the non-tabbed verses, below, I indicate the higher note with a "^", and the lower note with a "v" (pointing the direction of the pitch).
I chose a B harp because there are no unresolved or bent notes.
Verse 1:
6 7 7 7 7
The le-gend lives on
-8 7 -6 6 6 6 6
From the Chip-pe-wa on down
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6
Of the big lake they call
6 -5 6 4
Git-che Gu-mee.
The lake, it is said ne-ver gives up her dead
When the skies of No-vem-ber turn gloo-my. v
Verse 2:
With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty. v
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early. ^
Verse 3:
The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconson. v
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and the Captain well seasoned. ^
Verse 4:
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland. v
And later that night when the ships bell rang
Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling. ^
Verse 5:
The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound
And a wave broke over the railing. v
And every man knew, as the Captain did, too,
T'was the witch of November come stealing. ^
Verse 6:
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashing. ^
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane West Wind. ^
Verse 7:
When supper time came the old cook came on deck
Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya. v
At 7PM a main hatchway caved in
He said fellas it's been good to know ya. ^
Verse 8:
The Captain wired in he had water coming in
And the good ship and crew was in peril. v
And later that night when his lights went out of sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. ^
Verse 9:
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the words turn the minutes to hours? v
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd fifteen more miles behind her. ^
Verse 10:
They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water. v
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters. ^
Verse 11:
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the ruins of her ice water mansion. v
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams,
The islands and bays are for sportsmen. ^
Verse 12:
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her. v
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered. ^
Verse 13:
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral. v
The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. ^
Verse 14:
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee. v
Superior, they say, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early. ^ |
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