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{t: The Wreck of the Lady Fitzgerald}
{st: Arranged by Michael Pereckas, 2003, borrowing from:}
{st: The Lady, Jody Krangle}
{st: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot}
{st: Asteroid Ore, Robin Nakkula}
{st: The Flowers of Bermuda, Stan Rogers}

[Am]The Legend lives on from the [G]Chippewa on down
Of the [F]big lake they [G]call Gitchee [Am]Gumee
[Am]The lake, it is said, never [G]gives up her dead
When the [F]skies of Nove[G]mber turn [Am]gloomy.

But the [C]Lady is faithful, she [G]rides the Great Lakes
As the [C]big freighters go, she is b[E]igger than most
She [Am]speeds 'cross the water, smoke [G]trails from her stack
And the [F]crew hopes she'll [G]carry them [Am]home 

[Am]The Captain takes iron ore [G]on in the night
From the [F]mine it will [G]sail to the [Am]mill
[Am]The dust got so thick that the [G]filters it closed
Derry d[F]own, [G]down, d[Am]erry down

The [C]Lady is faithful, she [G]sails bravely on
The [C]wind in the wires makes a [E]tattletale sound,
The [Am]maydays screamed over the [G]radio bands
The [F]good ship and [G]crew was in [Am]peril,

[Dm]Dark in the hold 
Where water leaks in through a [E]hole.[E7].. 

The [Am]ship is far cleaner than [G]ever before
The [F]waves wash ore [G]dust from her [Am]decks
[Am]They could smell the flowers of the [G]upper midwest
When the g[F]ales of No[G]vember came [Am]early

Still the [C]Lady is faithful, the [G]Great Lakes she'll tame
Both [C]animal and mineral, she'll [E]carry the same
She s[Am]peeds 'cross the water, [G]her screws urge her on
And the [F]crew knows she'll [G]never see [Am]home.

[Dm]Dark in the hold 
Where water leaks in through a [E]hole.[E7].. 

The [Am]searchers all say they'd have [G]made Whitefish Bay
If they'd [F]put fifteen [G]more miles [Am]behind 'em.
[Am]They might have split up or they [G]might have capsized,
They [F]may have broke [G]deep and took [Am]water.

But the [C]Lady stayed faithful, em[G]bracing her crew
Though their [C]days of fast living were [E]certainly through...
And what [Am]songs they inspired, [G]they never knew
As their [F]ship came to [G]rest far from [Am]home.
And the [F]Lady would [G]never more [Am]roam.