Misc Traditional – The Maple Leaf Forever (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
   C                  F         C
In days of yore, from Britain's shore

G
Wolfe the dauntless hero came

    C               F        C
And planted firm Britannia's flag

   G
On Canada's fair domain.

     C               F         C
Here may it wave our boast our pride

    F              G
And joined in love together

    C                  F    G
The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined

      F   G     C
The Maple Leaf Forever!
[Chorus]
    C               F      C
The Maple Leaf, our Emblem Dear

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!

    C                  F      C
God save our Queen and Heaven Bless

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!
[Verse 2]
   C                     F       C
At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane

G
Our brave fathers side by side

    C                  F          C
For freedom's home and loved ones dear

        G
Firmly stood and nobly died.

    C                       F     C
And those dear rights which they maintained

   F                   G
We swear to yield them never!

    C             F          C
Our watchword evermore shall be;

    F     G       C
The Maple Leaf Forever!
[Chorus]
    C               F      C
The Maple Leaf, our Emblem Dear

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!

    C                  F      C
God save our Queen and Heaven Bless

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!
[Verse 3]
         C        F   C
Our fair Dominion now extends

G
From Cape Race to Nootka Sound

    C             F      C
May peace forever be our lot

    G
And plenteous store abounds.

    C                 F       C
And may those ties of love be ours

      F              G
Which discord cannot sever

    C                   F         C
And flourish green o'er freedom's home

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!
[Chorus]
    C               F      C
The Maple Leaf, our Emblem Dear

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!

    C                  F      C
God save our Queen and Heaven Bless

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!
[Verse 4]
   C               F         C
On merry England's far-famed land

G
May kind heaven sweetly smile

    C                  F    C
God bless old Scotland ever more

     G
And Ireland's emerald isle

    C                    F        C
And swell the song, both loud and long

      F                 G
'Till rocks and forests quiver;

     C                  F      C
'God Save our Queen and Heaven Bless

    F     G        C
The Maple Leaf Forever!'
[Chorus]
    C               F      C
The Maple Leaf, our Emblem Dear

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!

    C                  F      C
God save our Queen and Heaven Bless

    F     G    C
The Maple Leaf Forever!