The Wreck of the Lady Fitzgerald Arranged by Michael Pereckas, 2003, borrowing from: The Lady, Jody Krangle Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot Asteroid Ore, Robin Nakkula The Flowers of Bermuda, Stan Rogers Am G The Legend lives on from the Chippewa on down F G Am Of the big lake they call Gitchee Gumee Am G The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead F G Am When the skies of November turn gloomy. C G But the Lady is faithful, she rides the Great Lakes C E As the big freighters go, she is bigger than most Am G She speeds 'cross the water, smoke trails from her stack F G Am And the crew hopes she'll carry them home Am G The Captain takes iron ore on in the night F G Am From the mine it will sail to the mill Am G The dust got so thick that the filters it closed F G Am Derry down, down, derry down C G The Lady is faithful, she sails bravely on C E The wind in the wires makes a tattletale sound, Am G The maydays screamed over the radio bands F G Am The good ship and crew was in peril, Dm Dark in the hold E E7 Where water leaks in through a hole... Am G The ship is far cleaner than ever before F G Am The waves wash ore dust from her decks Am G They could smell the flowers of the upper midwest F G Am When the gales of November came early C G Still the Lady is faithful, the Great Lakes she'll tame C E Both animal and mineral, she'll carry the same Am G She speeds 'cross the water, her screws urge her on F G Am And the crew knows she'll never see home. Dm Dark in the hold E E7 Where water leaks in through a hole... Am G The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay F G Am If they'd put fifteen more miles behind 'em. Am G They might have split up or they might have capsized, F G Am They may have broke deep and took water. C G But the Lady stayed faithful, embracing her crew C E Though their days of fast living were certainly through... Am G And what songs they inspired, they never knew F G Am As their ship came to rest far from home. F G Am And the Lady would never more roam.