Tom: Am
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[Verse] C
In the melting snows of Ontario
G Am
Where the wind'll make you shiver
C
'Twas the month of May up in Georgian Bay
G Am
Near the mouth of the Musquash River
C G
Where the bears prowl and the coyotes howl
C G/B Am
And you can hear the osprey scream
G
Back in 'Ninety-Nine we were cutting pine
C G/B Am
And sending it down the stream
C
Young Sandy Gray came to Go Home Bay
G Am
All the way from P.E.I.
C
Where the weather's rough and it makes you tough
G Am
And no man's afraid to die
C G
Sandy came a-smiling, Thirty Thousand Islands
C G/B Am
Was the place to claim his glory
G
Now Sandy's gone, but his name lives on
C G/B Am
This is Sandy's story
[Chorus]
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Young Sandy Gray lives on today in the echoes of a mighty yell
G
Listen close and you'll hear a ghost
C G/B Am
In this story that I tell, boys
C G/B Am
This story that I tell
C
Now Sandy Gray was boss of the men who tossed
G Am
The trees on to the shore
C
They'd come and go 'til they'd built a floe
G Am
A hundred thousand logs or more
C G
Then he'd ride 'em down toward Severn Sound
C G/B Am
To cut 'em up in the mills for timber
G
And ships would haul, spring, summer and fall
C G/B Am
'Til the ice came in December
C
One Sabbath day, big Sandy Gray
G Am
Came into camp with a peavey on his shoulder
C
With a thunder crack he dropped his axe
G Am
And the room got a little bit colder
C G
Said, “Come on all you, we got work to do
C G/B Am
We gotta give her all we can give her”
G
“There's a jam of logs at the little jog
C G/B Am
Near the mouth of the Musquash River”
C
With no time to pray on the Lord's day
G Am
They were hoping for god's forgiveness
C
But the jam was high in a troubled sky
G Am
And they set out about their business
C G
They poked with their poles and ran with the rolls
C G/B Am
And tried to stay on their feet
G
Every trick they tried, and one man cried
C G/B Am
“This log jam's got us beat!”
[Chorus]
C Am C Am
But Sandy Gray was not afraid and he let out a mighty yell
G
“I'll be damned, we'll break this jam
C G/B Am C
Or it's breakfast in Hell, boys”
G/B Am
“Breakfast in Hell!”
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[Verse] C
Now every one of the men did the work of ten
G Am
And Sandy scrambled up to the top
C
He's working like a dog, heaving thirty foot logs
G Am
And it looked like he'd never stop
C G
And they struggled on, these men so strong
C G/B Am
'Til the jam began to sway
G
Then they dove for cover to the banks of the river
C G/B Am
All except for Sandy Gray
C
Now with thoughts of death, they held their breath
G Am
As they saw their friend go down
C
They all knew, in a second or two
G Am
He'd be crushed or frozen or drowned
C G
Then they saw him fall, they heard him call
C G/B Am
Just once, then it was over
G
Young Sandy Gray gave his life that day
C G/B Am
Near the mouth of the Musquash River
[Chorus]
C Am C Am
But Sandy Gray was not afraid and he let out a mighty yell
G
“I'll be damned, we'll break this jam
C G/B Am C
Or it's breakfast in Hell, boys”
G/B Am C G C G/B Am
“Breakfast in Hell!”
[Verse]
C
East of Giant's Tomb there's plenty of room
G Am
There's no fences and no walls
C
And if you listen close, you'll hear a ghost
G Am
Down by Sandy Gray Falls
C G
Through the tops of the trees, you'll hear in the breeze
C G/B Am
The echoes of a mighty yell
G
“I'll be damned, we'll break this jam
C G/B Am
Or it's breakfast in Hell!”
[Chorus]
C Am C Am
And Sandy Gray lives on today in the echoes of a mighty yell
G
“I'll be damned, we'll break this jam
C G/B Am C
Or it's breakfast in Hell, boys”
G/B Am
“Breakfast in Hell!”
