The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Akkorde von 
Gordon Lightfoot 
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
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The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
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When the skies of November turn gloomy
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Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
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When the gales of November came early
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Verse 2
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The ship was the pride of the American side
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Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
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With a crew and good captain well seasoned
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When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
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And later that night when the ship's bell rang
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Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
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And a wave broke over the railing
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And every man knew, as the captain did too
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T'was the witch of November come stealin'
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When the gales of November 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
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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the old cook came on deck sayin'
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"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
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At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in,
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he said "Fellas, it's been good to know ya"
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The captain wired in he had water comin' in
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And the good ship and crew was in peril
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when his lights went outta sight
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Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Interlude 3
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Verse 5
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When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
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They may have broke deep and took water
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Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
Interlude 4
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Verse 6
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Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
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In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
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The islands and bays are for sportsmen
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And farther below Lake Ontario
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Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
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With the gales of November remembered
Interlude 5
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Verse 7
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In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed
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In the maritime sailors' cathedral
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For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
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Superior they said, never gives up her dead
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When the gales of November come early
Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]
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