Stan Rogers – Macdonnell On The Heights (Guitar)

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Macdonnell on the Heights 4/4 Stan Rogers From Fresh Water Intro: Two Bars of C (Cross picking) [email protected]
        / C                        /Am
Too / thin the line that / charged the Heights, and

F                          / C
Scrambled in the / clay.

        / C                       / Am
Too / thin the Eastern / Township Scot

         / F                               / G
Who / showed them all the / way, and

         / C                         / Am
Per - / haps had you not / fallen,

                  / F                             / Am
You might / be what Brock be - / came,
/ C / F / C / / But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name. / /
      / C                                / Am
To / say the name, Mac - / donnell,

               / F                      / C
It would / bring no bugle / call,

             / C                                   / Am
But the / Redcoats stayed be - / side you,

                   / F                          / G
When they / saw the General / fall.

                    / C                             / Am
Twas Mac- / donnell raised the / banner then, and

F                              / Am
Set the Heights a - / flame,
/ C / F / C / / But not / one in ten / thousand knows your /name. / / Chorus: / G / You / brought the field all / standing
                 / F                             / C
With your / courage and your / luck,

             / C                                   / Am
But un- / known to most, you're / lying there

        / F                           / G
Be - / side old General / Brock.

                       / C                 / Am
So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and

F                         / Am
Fall just short of / fame, and
/ C / F / C / / Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / / Break: Chorus instrumental
     / C                                / Am
At / Queenston now, the / General,

            / F                          / C
On his / tower stands a - / lone, and

              / C                         / Am
There's / lichen on "Mac - / donnell,"

                     / F                             / G
Carved up - / on that weathered / stone.

       / C                    / Am
In a / corner of the / monument,

     / F                        / Am
To / glory you could / claim,

             / C               / F                                  / C
But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name.
/ G / You / brought the field all / standing,
                 / F                           / C
With your / courage and your / luck,

             / C                                  / Am
But un- / known to most, you're / lying there,

        / F                         / G
Be - / side old General / Brock.

                      / C                 / Am
So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and

F                         / Am
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