Breakfast in Hell

{title:Breakfast in Hell }
{subtitle:Slaid Cleaves }
{key:Bm }

In the [Bm] melting snows of On-[D]tario 
Where the [A] wind'll make you [Bm] shiver
‘Twas the [Bm] month of May up in [D] Georgian Bay
Near the [A] mouth of the Musquash [Bm] River
Where the [D] bears prowl and the [A] coyotes howl
And you can [D] hear the [A] osprey [Bm] scream [Bm]
Back in [A] '99 we were cutting pine 
And [D] sending it [A] down the [Bm] stream

Young [Bm] Sandy Gray came to [D] Go Home Bay
All the [A] way from P.E.-[Bm] I.
Where the [Bm] weather's rough and it [D] make's you tough,
No [A] man's afraid to [Bm] die
Sandy [D] came a smilin', Thirty [A] Thousand Islands
Was the [D] place to [A] claim his [Bm] glo-o-[Bm]ry
Now [A] Sandy's gone but his name lives on 
And [D] this is [A] Sandy's [Bm] story

Young [D] Sandy Gray lives [Bm] on today
In the [D] echoes of a mighty [Bm] yell
[A] Listen close and you'll hear a ghost
In this [D] story [A] that I [Bm] tell, boys, this [D] story [A] that I [Bm] tell

Now Sandy [Bm] Gray was boss of the [D] men who'd toss 
The [A] trees onto the [Bm] shore
They'd [Bm] come and go ‘til they'd [D] built a floe,
A hundred [A] thousand logs or [Bm] more
And he'd [D] ride 'em down towards [A] Severn Sound
To cut 'em [D] up in the [A] mills for [Bm] timber [Bm]
And the [A] ships would haul spring summer and fall
‘Til the [D] ice came [A] in De-[Bm]cember

One [Bm] Sabbath day big [D] Sandy Gray
Came into [A] camp with a peavy on his [Bm] shoulder
With a [Bm] thundercrack he [D] dropped his axe
And the [A] room got a little bit [Bm] colder
Said, [D] “Come on all you, we got [A] work to do, 
We gotta [D] give 'er [A] all we can [Bm] give 'er [Bm]
There's a [A] jam of logs at the little jog
Near the [D] mouth of the [A] Musquash [Bm] River”

With no [Bm] time to pray on the [D] Lord's day
They were [A] hoping for God's for-[Bm]giveness
But the [Bm] jam was high in a [D] troubled sky
And they [A] set about their [Bm] business
They [D] poked with their poles and [A] ran with the rolls
And [D] tried to [A] stay on their [Bm] feet [Bm]
Every [A] trick they tried , one man cried, 
“This [D] log jam's [A] got us [Bm] beat!”

{c: refrain:}
But [D] Sandy Gray was [Bm] not afraid 
And he [D] let out a mighty [Bm] yell
[A] “I'll be damned, we'll break this jam, 
Or it's [D] breakfast [A] in [Bm] hell, boys, [D] break-[A]fast in [Bm] hell”

Now every [Bm] one of the men did the [D] work of ten
And [A] Sandy scrambled up to the [Bm] top
He's [Bm] working like a dog heaving [D] 30 foot logs
And it [A] looked like he'd never [Bm] stop
And they [D] struggled on these [A] men so strong
‘Til the [D] jam be-[A]gan to [Bm] sway [Bm]
Then they [A] dove for cover to the banks of the river
All ex-[D]cept for [A] Sandy [Bm] Gray

Now with [Bm] thoughts of death they [D] held their breath
As they [A] saw their friend go [Bm] down
[Bm] They all knew in a [D] second or two
He'd be [A] crushed or frozen or [Bm] drowned
They [D] saw him fall, they [A] heard him call,
Just [D] once, [A] then it was [Bm] over [Bm]
Young [A] Sandy Gray gave his life that day
Near the [D] mouth of the [A] Musquash [Bm] River

Repeat {c: refrain}

East of [Bm] Giant's Tomb there's [D] plenty of room,
There’s no [A] fences and no [Bm] walls
And if you [Bm] listen close [D] you'll hear a ghost
[A] Down by Sandy Gray [Bm] Falls
Through the [D] tops of the trees you'll [A] hear in the breeze
The [D] echoes of a [A] mighty [Bm] yell [Bm] [Bm][Bm]
[A] “I'll be damned, we'll break this jam or it's [D] breakfast [A] in [Bm] hell!”

And [D] Sandy Gray lives [Bm] on today
In the [D] echoes of a mighty [Bm] yell
[A] “I'll be damned, we'll break this jam, or it's [D] breakfast [A] in [Bm] hell, boys
[D] Break-[A]fast in [Bm] hell!”