Robert Mackenzie Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro chords

Am, G, D] x 2

Am32 men on a Great Lakes boat

CQuit the pier at Thunder Bay

G28,000 tons of coal

 On a Fcold November Gday

Am800 feet and 10 more long

C80 feet across

 The Gsteel mills of Detroit

 Our destiFnation through the Gfrost

AmAt 2 AM on the 2nd

 Waves were Crunnin' up to 40 feet

GWinds were blowing 60 miles

 Our Fengines crankin' Gheat

AmAt 3:13 we took a wave

 Our Cwheelhouse left behind

 The Gradar slipped beneath the waves

 And Fwe were runnin' Gblind

CHear me call across the Gwaves

 If I don't come home tonAmight

 I will make it home some Fday G

Chorus

 (AmSteel boats and iron men)

G32 down on the DRobert Mackenzie

 (AmSteel boats and iron men)

G32 down on the DRobert Mackenzie

 (AmSteel boats and iron men)

E32 down on the Robert Mackenzie

 A Amcaptain name of Phillips

 Seekin' Cshelter from the storm

GTurned us south of Bête Grise Bay

 By Fway of Keewenaw Gpoint

 But the Amwind was blowing at such a rate

 We Cended up driftin' north

 A Gwave broke over a knife of rock

FSix Fathom Shoal

AmMackenzie she was cut in half

 The Cstern she ram the bow

 The Gmen were calling metaljunk

FFlames burned out of Emhell

AmStern kept running on lights of blades

 Not Cone man would be found

GCaptain's last transmission read

F32 men down

32 men down

CHear me call across the Gwaves

 If I don't come home tonAmight

 I will make it home Fsomeday G

 (AmSteel boats and iron men)

G32 down on the DRobert Mackenzie

 (AmSteel boats and iron men)

G32 down on the DRobert Mackenzie

 (AmSteel boats and iron men)

G32 down on the DRobert Mackenzie

FDown Down Down Down GDown Down Down Down

CAnd they call across the Gwaves

 If I don't come home toniAmght

 I will make it home someFday G

CYes, I call across the waGves

 If i don´t come homAme tonight

 I will make it home some Fday G