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 The Great Lakes Song - Performed by Pat Dailey
                       Written by Pat Dailey & Shel Silverstein


    G (320003@1)                              EmThe (022000@1)Great Lakes are a diamond on the hand of North America
C (x32010@1)                           DBrightly (xx0232@1)shining jewel on the friendship bordering
G (320003@1)                EmFreshwater (022000@1)highway coming down from Canada
C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)               GAll (320003@1)along the shoreline, you can hear them sing


chorus:
G (320003@1)                     EmSweet (022000@1)mother Michigan,  father Superior
C (x32010@1)                           DComing (xx0232@1)down from Mackinac and Sault St. Marie
G (320003@1)                    EmBlue (022000@1)water Huron, Flow down to Lake Erie-O
C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)           GFall (320003@1)to Ontario and run on out to sea


G (320003@1)                          EmHearty (022000@1)are the seamen on the ships that load the iron ore
C (x32010@1)                            DSailing (xx0232@1)out of Thunder Bay and bound for Buffalo
G (320003@1)                           EmHearty (022000@1)are the fishermen just like their fathers were before
C (x32010@1)                         D (xx0232@1)            GSay (320003@1)they'll bury me at sea come my time to go


(chorus)

G (320003@1)                              EmOh (022000@1)the tales the sailors spin of mermaids singing in the wind
    C (x32010@1)                          Dthe (xx0232@1)sinking of the Bessemer, the drowning of the crew
G (320003@1)                           EmMemories (022000@1)of waters crossed of women won and fortunes lost
C (x32010@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)          GAre (320003@1)etched upon their faces and their faded old tatoos


Em (022000@1)                             CDown (x32010@1)below the quarter decks the old men mend the fishing nets
G (320003@1)                           DUp (xx0232@1)above the windy bridge the young men curse into the wind
Em (022000@1)                                   CAll (x32010@1)along the winds of straits(?) the wives and mothers lie awake
G (320003@1)                         DPray (xx0232@1)on lady of the lake to send them home again

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