The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

by Gordon Lightfoot · posted by railjumper

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Intro: 6 6-6 6 -5 -4 -4 -4  5 -5   5 -4 4-4 6

-4    6  6    6   6   -6   6   -5 -4 -4 -4    -4
The leg-end lives on from the Chip-pe-wa on down
 -5  -5  -5 -5    -5    5     -4  4  -4  3
 of the big lake they called Git-che Gu-mee
 -4  6     6  6  6    -6  6      -5   -4  -4
The lake, it is said nev-er___  gives up her     
 -4   -5   -5  -5   -5 -5    5     -4
dead when the skies of No  - vem - ber
      4    -4     3
     turn gloom - y
 4   4  6    6   6    6    -6  6    6   -5    -4
With a load of iron  ore  twen-ty  six thou-sand
  -4   -4   -5   -5  -5  -5   -5   5   -4
 tons more than the  Ed-mund Fitz-ger-ald
   4      -4   3           -4   6    6    6
 weighed emp - ty_________that good ship and___  
 6   -6  6  -5  -4 -4     -4    -5   -5
true was a bone to be__ chewed when the         
   -5   -5 -5    5     -4   4    -4   6
 "Gales of No - vem - ber" came ear -ly.____

Solo: 6   6 -6 6  -5 -4 -4 -4  5 -5  5 -4 4 -4 6

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