Intro: Two Bars of C (Cross picking)
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Too / thin the line that / charged the Heights, and
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Scrambled in the / clay.
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Too / thin the Eastern / Township Scot
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Who / showed them all the / way, and
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Per - / haps had you not / fallen,
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You might / be what Brock be - / came,
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But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name. / /
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To / say the name, Mac - / donnell,
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It would / bring no bugle / call,
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But the / Redcoats stayed be - / side you,
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When they / saw the General / fall.
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Twas Mac- / donnell raised the / banner then, and
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Set the Heights a - / flame,
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But not / one in ten / thousand knows your /name. / /
Chorus:
/ G /
You / brought the field all / standing
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With your / courage and your / luck,
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But un- / known to most, you're / lying there
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Be - / side old General / Brock.
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So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and
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Fall just short of / fame, and
/ C / F / C / /
Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / /
Break: Chorus instrumental
/ C5 / A5
At / Queenston now, the / General,
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On his / tower stands a - / lone, and
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There's / lichen on "Mac - / donnell,"
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Carved up - / on that weathered / stone.
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In a / corner of the / monument,
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To / glory you could / claim ,
/ C5 / F5 / C5
But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name.
/ G /
You / brought the field all / standing,
/ F5 / C5
With your / courage and your / luck,
/ C5 / A5
But un- / known to most, you're / lying there,
/ F5 / G5
Be - / side old General / Brock.
/ C5 / A5
So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and
F5 / A5
Fall just short of / fame, and
/ C / F / C / /
Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / /
Repeat Chorus:, then last three lines instrumental
