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Robert Mackenzie

Paul Gross

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Robert Mackenzie by Paul Gross and Jay Semko Chords by Av (32 down on the Robert Mackenzie!) [Intro chords: Am, G, D] x 2 Am 32 men on a Great Lakes boat C Quit the pier at Thunder Bay G 28,000 tons of coal F G On a cold November day Am 800 feet and 10 more long C 80 feet across G The steel mills of Detroit F G Our destination through the frost Am At 2 AM on the 2nd C Waves were runnin' up to 40 feet G Winds were blowing 60 miles F G Our engines crankin' heat Am At 3:13 we took a wave C Our wheelhouse left behind G The radar slipped beneath the waves F G And we were runnin' blind C G Hear me call across the waves Am If I don't come home tonight F G I will make it home some day CHORUS: Am (Steel boats and iron men) G D 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie Am (Steel boats and iron men) G D 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie Am (Steel boats and iron men) E 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie Am A captain name of Phillips C Seekin' shelter from the storm G Turned us south of B�te Grise Bay F G By way of Keewenaw point Am But the wind was blowing at such a rate C We ended up driftin' north G A wave broke over a knife of rock F Six Fathom Shoal Am Mackenzie she was cut in half C The stern she ram the bow G The men were calling metaljunk F Em Flames burned out of hell Am Stern kept running on lights of blades C Not one man would be found G Captain's last transmission read F 32 men down 32 men down C G Hear me call across the waves Am If I don't come home tonight F G I will make it home someday Am (Steel boats and iron men) G D 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie Am (Steel boats and iron men) G D 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie Am (Steel boats and iron men) G D 32 down on the Robert Mackenzie F G Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down C G And they call across the waves Am If I don't come home tonight F G I will make it home someday C G Yes, I call across the waves Am If i don�t come home tonight F G I will make it home some day
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