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                    Great Lakes Song (Live) - Pat Dailey
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Chord tabbed by: Chris Rorrer
Email: KingChoad@comcast.net

Tuning: Standard E   CAPO on 1st

    F (133211@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)e|--1----1----1----0--|
B|--1----3----3----1--|
G|--2----2----3----0--|
D|--3----0----3----2--|
A|--3----X----1----3--|
E|--1----X----X----X--|

 
(Intro)

Strum F

CHORUS:

F (133211@1)                    DmSweet (xx0231@1)mother Michigan, father Superior
Bb (x1333x@1)                          CComing (x32010@1)down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie
F (133211@1)                    DmBlue (xx0231@1)water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O
Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1) CFall (x32010@1)to Ontario and run on out to sea


(Verse 1)

    FThe (133211@1)Great Lakes are a diamond 
       DmOn (xx0231@1)the hand of North America
  Bb (x1333x@1)                          CA (x32010@1)brightly shining jewel on the friendship bordering
F (133211@1)                DmFreshwater (xx0231@1)highway coming down from Canada
Bb (x1333x@1)                      C (x32010@1)               
All around the coastline, can't you hear them sing?


(CHORUS)

F (133211@1)                    DmSweet (xx0231@1)mother Michigan, father Superior
Bb (x1333x@1)                          CComing (x32010@1)down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie
F (133211@1)                    DmBlue (xx0231@1)water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O
Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)           FFall (133211@1)to Ontario and run on out to sea


(Bridge)

Dm (xx0231@1)                         BbHearty (x1333x@1)are the seamen on the ships that load the iron ore
Dm (xx0231@1)                           CSailing (x32010@1)out of Thunder Bay and bound for Buffalo
DmAnd (xx0231@1)hearty are the fishermen 
     BbJust (x1333x@1)like their fathers were before
Dm (xx0231@1)                       C (x32010@1)             FSay (133211@1)they'll bury me at sea come my time to go

(Interlude)

Dm Bb C C
 
(Verse 2)

F (133211@1)                       
Down below the quarterdecks 
    DmThe (xx0231@1)old men mend the fishing nets
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)up above the windy bridge  
    CThe (x32010@1)young men curse into the wind
F (133211@1)                              
And up and down the Windsor Straits 
    DmThe (xx0231@1)wives and mothers lie awake
    Bb (x1333x@1)                           C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)  
And pray our lady of the lake Will send them home again
CSingin' (x32010@1)
(CHORUS)

F (133211@1)                    DmSweet (xx0231@1)mother Michigan, father Superior
Bb (x1333x@1)                          CComing (x32010@1)down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie
F (133211@1)                    DmBlue (xx0231@1)water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O
Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)CFall (x32010@1)to Ontario and run on out to sea


(CHORUS) 

F (133211@1)                    DmSweet (xx0231@1)mother Michigan, father Superior
Bb (x1333x@1)                          CComing (x32010@1)down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie
F (133211@1)                    DmBlue (xx0231@1)water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O
Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)  BbFall (x1333x@1)to Ontario and run on out to se___a
              F (133211@1)    CF
Run on out to se___a