Robert Mackenzie
 by Paul Gross and Jay Semko
Chords by Av

(32 down on the Robert Mackenzie!)

[Intro chords: Am, G, D] x 2

Am32 (x02210@1)men on a Great Lakes boat
CQuit (x32010@1)the pier at Thunder Bay
G28,000 (320003@1)tons of coal
     F (133211@1)           GOn (320003@1)a cold November day
Am800 (x02210@1)feet and 10 more long
C80 (x32010@1)feet across
    GThe (320003@1)steel mills of Detroit
         F (133211@1)                GOur (320003@1)destination through the frost


AmAt (x02210@1)2 AM on the 2nd
           CWaves (x32010@1)were runnin' up to 40 feet
GWinds (320003@1)were blowing 60 miles
    F (133211@1)              GOur (320003@1)engines crankin' heat
AmAt (x02210@1)3:13 we took a wave
    COur (x32010@1)wheelhouse left behind
    GThe (320003@1)radar slipped beneath the waves
    F (133211@1)             GAnd (320003@1)we were runnin' blind
C (x32010@1)                     GHear (320003@1)me call across the waves
                        AmIf (x02210@1)I don't come home tonight
                         F (133211@1)     GI (320003@1)will make it home some day



CHORUS:
 Am (x02210@1)            
(Steel boats and iron men)
G (320003@1)            D32 (xx0232@1)down on the Robert Mackenzie
 Am (x02210@1)            
(Steel boats and iron men)
G (320003@1)            D32 (xx0232@1)down on the Robert Mackenzie
 Am (x02210@1)            
(Steel boats and iron men)
E32 (022100@1)down on the Robert Mackenzie


  AmA (x02210@1)captain name of Phillips
        CSeekin' (x32010@1)shelter from the storm
G (320003@1)      
Turned us south of B?te Grise Bay
   F (133211@1)             GBy (320003@1)way of Keewenaw point
        AmBut (x02210@1)the wind was blowing at such a rate
   CWe (x32010@1)ended up driftin' north
  GA (320003@1)wave broke over a knife of rock
FSix (133211@1)Fathom Shoal


AmMackenzie (x02210@1)she was cut in half
    CThe (x32010@1)stern she ram the bow
    GThe (320003@1)men were calling metaljunk
F (133211@1)                  EmFlames (022000@1)burned out of hell
AmStern (x02210@1)kept running on lights of blades
    CNot (x32010@1)one man would be found
GCaptain's (320003@1)last transmission read
F32 (133211@1)men down

32 men down


C (x32010@1)                     GHear (320003@1)me call across the waves
                        AmIf (x02210@1)I don't come home tonight
                    F (133211@1)      GI (320003@1)will make it home someday


 Am(Steel (x02210@1)boats and iron men)
G (320003@1)            D32 (xx0232@1)down on the Robert Mackenzie
 Am(Steel (x02210@1)boats and iron men)
G (320003@1)            D32 (xx0232@1)down on the Robert Mackenzie
 Am(Steel (x02210@1)boats and iron men)
G (320003@1)            D32 (xx0232@1)down on the Robert Mackenzie
F (133211@1)                 GDown (320003@1)Down Down Down Down Down Down Down


C (x32010@1)                      GAnd (320003@1)they call across the waves
                         AmIf (x02210@1)I don't come home tonight
                        F (133211@1)   GI (320003@1)will make it home someday


C (x32010@1)                      GYes, (320003@1)I call across the waves
                         AmIf (x02210@1)i don?t come home tonight
                         F (133211@1)   GI (320003@1)will make it home some day