Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said,
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When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore
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26 ,000 tons more than the Edmund
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Fitzgerald weighed empty
The good jippin' crew
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when the gales of November came early
The ship was the pride of the
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mill in Wisconsin.
The big freighter's go,
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with a crew and the captain's
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when they left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night
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Could it be the north wind they'd been feel
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The wind and the wires
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As the wave broke over the railing
And every man knew,
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T 'was the witch of November came stealin'
The dawn came late,
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ber came slashin'
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When afternoon came, it was freezin' rain
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In the face of a hurricane west wind
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When supper time came,
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Saying, fellas, it's too rough to feed ya
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He said, fellas, it's been good to know ya
The captain wired in
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And the good shippin' crew were in peril
And later that night
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came the wreck of the Ed mund Fitzgerald.
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Does anyone know where the
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minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have
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If they'd put 15 more miles behind her
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They might have split up,
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They might have broke deep
But all that remains are the
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Of the wives and the sons and the daugh
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In the ruins of her ice water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a
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And the islands and bays
Farther below, Lake Ontario
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Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go,
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With the whales of November,
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remember
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A rusty old hall in Detroit they all prayed
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In the Meritor's Sailor's Cathedral
The church bell chimed
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For each man of the Ed
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mund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on
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The big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said,
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When the gales of November come early
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Thank so watching! you
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