ClintonHammond, I usually agree with what you write but not this time. The four chords, especially the Em to Asus4? is meant to suggest the rolling of a ship at sea during a storm. I think it does this very well as does my friend who spent 20 years in the merchant marine. There is no doubt that Mr. Lightfoot knows more than 4 chords. I am sick to death of Edmond Fitzgerald, But I believe it is easily one of the best shipwreck songs ever written. Millions of people indentified with it and loved it.

I am reminded of a quote I heard about the Police (Stings band)

"In their songs they only play 4 chords, but it is always the right 4 chords."

BTW I believe that Lightfoot's "Don Quixote" is certianly one of the best written songs I have ever heard. The guitar work is at times evocative of horses galloping and echoing voices. All while carrying the narrative.

Yeah many of us, especially Canadians over 35, are well tired of hearing Mr. Lightfoot. But I always enjoyed his songs the first couple of hundred times I heard them.