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Iron Mike by Jonathan Larson
Iron Mike
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse]
C
On a starry black night
F
At the base of Mount Hogen
Am
Beyond Horsetail Creek
F
And Anderson Bay
C
From the port of Valdez
F
Sailed a ship bound for Long Beach
Am G
Over one million barrels of crude stowed away
C
To the left of the wheel
F
In the bridge on the upper deck
Am F
Under the compass was he
C
Navigation computer
F Am
The captain and fisherman's friend
F
Who could steer perfectly
[Chorus]
Ab
They called him Iron Mike
Gm F
In the dead of the night
Ab Bbsus4 Bb
He steered the way through the darkness
Ab Gm F Csus4
Iron Mike, didn’t see the red light on the reef
[Verse]
C F
Now the skipper had twenty years sailing with Exxon
Am F
He'd been known to throw back one or two
C F
Yet no one thought twice when he set auto-pilot
Am G
And retired below with the crew
C
From the two AM stillness
F
Came the cry of the third mate
Am F
Someone better go wake up the chief
C
Yet by then, it was too late
F Am F
The starboard tanks had twelve-foot gashes cut out by Bligh Reef
[Chorus]
Ab
Iron Mike
Gm F
In the dead of the night
Ab Bbsus4 Bb
He steered the way through the darkness
Ab Gm F Csus4
Iron Mike, didn't see the red light on the reef, on the reef
[Verse]
C F
The forget-me-knots cried and the salmon all died
Am F
And the fishermen wore black armbands
C
And the spokesmen from Exxon
F
Said no major damage
Am G
Though six million gallons remain in the sands
C
And from Rocky Point down
F Am
To Mount Freemantle you can still see
F
The black film on the soil
C
And the echos rebound
F
Throughout Prince William Sound
Am F
Of the half-frozen animals choking in oil
[Chorus]
Ab
Iron Mike
Gm F
In the dead of the night
Ab Bbsus4 Bb
He steered the way through the darkness
Ab Gm F Csus4
Iron Mike, didn’t see the red light on the reef
[Bridge]
C Gm F
Who's at the helm of this ship of stayed
Ab Bbsus4 Bb
We're in for some rough navigation
F
We have the power, The hour is late
Ab Csus4 G
Gotta get tough and clean up the nation
[Verse]
C
On the first of the year
F
South of Governor's Island
Am F
In the waterway called Arthur Kill
C
Black Rainbows of Exxon
F Am
Like Grayed again flowed like hot fudge
G
In a big Apple spill
C F
The detection machine had malfunctioned quite often
Am F
Repair procedures so hard to enforce
C
And down on Paul's Island
F Am
The cleanup begins and the horror continues
F
Till we chart our own course
[Chorus]
Ab
Iron Mike
Gm F
It's the dead of the night
Ab Bbsus4 Bb
We can steer a new way through the darkness
Ab Gm F Csus4
Iron Mike, we must see the light for relief, for relief, for relief, for
relief
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