Dailey Pat - Great Lakes Song guitar chord

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The Great Lakes Song - Performed by Pat Dailey

Written by Pat Dailey & Shel Silverstein

G Em

The Great Lakes are a diamond on the hand of North America

C D

Brightly shining jewel on the friendship bordering

G Em

Freshwater highway coming down from Canada

C D G

All along the shoreline, you can hear them sing

chorus:

G Em

Sweet mother Michigan, father Superior

C D

Coming down from Mackinac and Sault St. Marie

G Em

Blue water Huron, Flow down to Lake Erie-O

C D G

Fall to Ontario and run on out to sea

G Em

Hearty are the seamen on the ships that load the iron ore

C D

Sailing out of Thunder Bay and bound for Buffalo

G Em

Hearty are the fishermen just like their fathers were before

C D G

Say they'll bury me at sea come my time to go

(chorus)

G Em

Oh the tales the sailors spin of mermaids singing in the wind

C D

the sinking of the Bessemer, the drowning of the crew

G Em

Memories of waters crossed of women won and fortunes lost

C D G

Are etched upon their faces and their faded old tatoos

Em C

Down below the quarter decks the old men mend the fishing nets

G D

Up above the windy bridge the young men curse into the wind

Em C

All along the winds of straits(?) the wives and mothers lie awake

G D

Pray on lady of the lake to send them home again

(chorus)

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