(Rythme 3/4) (x02255) (x02200) (xx0233) (xx2233) ________ ________ ________ ________ The _le-gend l _ ives on_ f _ _ rom_ the Chippew _ _ a on down__ _ O _ f the big l _ _ ake they called "G _ _ it-che _Gu-mee"__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The lake i _ _ t is said_ n _ _ e-ver_ gives u _ _ p her dead_ W _ _ hen the skies o _ _ f No-vem-b _ _ er turn gloo-my__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ W _ ith a load o _ _ f iron ore_ t _ _ wenty-six thous _ _ and tons more__ _ T _ han the Ed-m _ _ und Fitzgerald_ w _ _ ei-ghed emp-t _ _ y_ _ _ _ _ _ _ T _ hat good s _ _ hip and crew w _ _ as__ a bone t _ _ o be chewed_ W _ hen the "Gales o _ _ f No-vem-b _ _ er" came early__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The ship w _ _ as the pri-i _ _ de of the Ameri-c _ _ an side__ C _ oming back f _ _ rom some mill i _ _ n Wis-con-s _ _ in__ _ A _ s the big f _ _ reigh-ters go_ i _ _ t was big-g _ _ er than most_ _ W _ ith a crew a _ _ nd good cap-t _ _ ain well sea-s _ _ oned__ _ _ Conclu-d _ _ ing_ some terms__ _ _ with a cou-ple _ _ of steel firms__ _ W _ hen they left f _ _ ul-ly_ loa-d _ _ ed for Cleve-l _ _ and__ _ A _ nd later_ _ _ that night-i _ _ ght when the ship's b _ _ ell rang__ C _ ould it be t _ _ he north wind t _ _ hey'd been fee-l _ _ in'____ _ _ ________ ________ ____ The wind in the wires_ made a tat-tle_ -tale sound__ And a wave__ broke o-ver__ the rai-ling__ _ _ _ _ _ _ And eve-ry man_ knew as__ the cap-tain did too__ T'was the witch of No-vem-ber come stea-lin'__ _ _ _ _ _ _ The dawn__ came late and__ the break-fast had to wait_ When the Gales of No-vem-ber came sla-shin'__ _ _ When af-ter-noon came it was free-zin' rain_ In the face of a hur-ri-cane west wind____ _ ________ ________ ________ _______ When suppertime__ came the old cook came on_ deck_ Sa-yin'_ "Fel-las it's too rough to feed ya"__ _ _ _ _ _ At se-ven_ P.M. a main hatch-way caved in'_ He said "Fellas it's been good__ to know ya"____ _ _ _ _ _ The cap-tain wired in he had water_ comin' in_ And the good ship and crew was in pe-ril____ _ And la-ter_ that night__ when 'is lights went outta sight_ Came the wreck of the Ed-mund Fitz-ge-rald___ _ _ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ Does anyone_ know_ where_ the love of God goes_ When the waves_ turn the minutes_ to hours_ _ _ _ _ _ _ The searchers all_ say_ they'd have made_ Whitefish Bay_ If they'd put_ fifteen more miles_ behind her__ _ _ _ _ _ _ They might have split up_ or they might have capsized_ They may have broke deep and took water__ _ _ And all that remains is the faces and the names_ Of the wives and the sons and the daughters____ _ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ Lake Huron_ ro-olls_ Superior sings_ In the rooms_ of her_ ice-water mansion___ _ Old Michigan steams_ like_ a young man's_ dreams_ The islands and bays are for sportsmen__ _ _ _ _ _ _ And farther below_ Lake_ Ontario_ Takes in_ what Lake Erie can send her_ _ _ And the iron boats go as_ the mariners all_ know_ with the Gales of Novem-ber remem_-bered____ _ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ In a musty old_ hall_ in Detroit_ they prayed_ In the "Maritime_ Sailors'_ Cathedral"___ _ _ _ _ _ The church bell__ chimed_ till it rang twenty-nine_ times_ For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald__ _ _ _ _ _ _ The legend lives on_ from the Chippewa on down_ Of the big lake they call_ "Gitche Gumee"__ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Superior" they said "never_ gives up her dead_ hen the 'Gales of Novem-ber' come early!"___ _ _ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________