Macdonnell on the Heights 4/4 Stan Rogers From Fresh Water
Standard Tuning / No Capo / Travis Picking Submitted by Ken Lee
Intro: Two Bars of C(Cross (x32010@1)picking) kandvlee@shaw.ca
/ C (x32010@1) /Am
Too / thin the line that / charged the Heights, and
F (133211@1) / CScrambled (x32010@1)in the / clay.
/ C (x32010@1) / AmToo (x02210@1)/ thin the Eastern / Township Scot
/ F (133211@1) / GWho (320003@1)/ showed them all the / way, and
/ C (x32010@1) / AmPer (x02210@1)- / haps had you not / fallen,
/ F (133211@1) / AmYou (x02210@1)might / be what Brock be - / came,
/ C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / /
But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name. / /
/ C (x32010@1) / AmTo (x02210@1)/ say the name, Mac - / donnell,
/ F (133211@1) / CIt (x32010@1)would / bring no bugle / call,
/ C (x32010@1) / AmBut (x02210@1)the / Redcoats stayed be - / side you,
/ F (133211@1) / GWhen (320003@1)they / saw the General / fall.
/ C (x32010@1) / AmTwas (x02210@1)Mac- / donnell raised the / banner then, and
F (133211@1) / AmSet (x02210@1)the Heights a - / flame,
/ C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / /
But not / one in ten / thousand knows your /name. / /
Chorus:
/ G (320003@1) /
You / brought the field all / standing
/ F (133211@1) / CWith (x32010@1)your / courage and your / luck,
/ C (x32010@1) / AmBut (x02210@1)un- / known to most, you're / lying there
/ F (133211@1) / GBe (320003@1)- / side old General / Brock.
/ C (x32010@1) / AmSo (x02210@1)you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and
F (133211@1) / AmFall (x02210@1)just short of / fame, and
/ C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / /
Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / /
Break: Chorus instrumental
/ C (x32010@1) / AmAt (x02210@1)/ Queenston now, the / General,
/ F (133211@1) / COn (x32010@1)his / tower stands a - / lone, and
/ C (x32010@1) / AmThere's (x02210@1)/ lichen on "Mac - / donnell,"
/ F (133211@1) / GCarved (320003@1)up - / on that weathered / stone.
/ C (x32010@1) / AmIn (x02210@1)a / corner of the / monument,
/ F (133211@1) / AmTo (x02210@1)/ glory you could / claim,
/ C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / CBut (x32010@1)not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name.
/ G (320003@1) /
You / brought the field all / standing,
/ F (133211@1) / CWith (x32010@1)your / courage and your / luck,
/ C (x32010@1) / AmBut (x02210@1)un- / known to most, you're / lying there,
/ F (133211@1) / GBe (320003@1)- / side old General / Brock.
/ C (x32010@1) / AmSo (x02210@1)you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and
F (133211@1) / AmFall (x02210@1)just short of / fame, and
/ C (x32010@1) / F (133211@1) / C (x32010@1) / /
Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / /
Repeat Chorus:, then last three lines instrumental
