(Live) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Lakes Song (Live) - Pat Dailey ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard E CAPO on 1st FDBC 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 Dm Sweet mother Michigan, father Superior Bb C Coming down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie F Dm Blue water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O Bb C F C Fall to Ontario and run on out to sea (Verse 1) F The Great Lakes are a diamond Dm On the hand of North America Bb C A brightly shining jewel on the friendship bordering F Dm Freshwater highway coming down from Canada Bb C All around the coastline, can't you hear them sing? (CHORUS) F Dm Sweet mother Michigan, father Superior Bb C Coming down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie F Dm Blue water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O Bb C F Fall to Ontario and run on out to sea (Bridge) Dm Bb Hearty are the seamen on the ships that load the iron ore Dm C Sailing out of Thunder Bay and bound for Buffalo Dm And hearty are the fishermen Bb Just like their fathers were before Dm C F Say they'll bury me at sea come my time to go (Interlude) DBCC (Verse 2) F Down below the quarterdecks Dm The old men mend the fishing nets Bb And up above the windy bridge C The young men curse into the wind F And up and down the Windsor Straits Dm The wives and mothers lie awake Bb C F And pray our lady of the lake Will send them home again C Singin' (CHORUS) F Dm Sweet mother Michigan, father Superior Bb C Coming down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie F Dm Blue water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O Bb C F C Fall to Ontario and run on out to sea (CHORUS) F Dm Sweet mother Michigan, father Superior Bb C Coming down from Mackinaw and Sault St. Marie F Dm Blue water Huron, flow down to Lake Erie-O Bb C Dm Bb Fall to Ontario and run on out to se___a F F Run on out to se___a