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Standard Tuning No Capo Travis Picking
Intro: Two Bars of C (Cross picking)
DO LAmToo thin the line that charged the Heights, and
- FA DO
Scrambled in the clay.
DO LAm Too thin the Eastern Township Scot
FA SOLWho showed them all the way, and
- DO LAm
Per - haps had you not fallen,
FA LAm You might be what Brock be - came,
DO FA DOBut not one in ten thousand knows your name.
DO LAmTo say the name, Mac - donnell,
- FA DO
It would bring no bugle call,
DO LAm But the Redcoats stayed be - side you,
FA SOLWhen they saw the General fall.
- DO LAm
Twas Mac- donnell raised the banner then, and
FA LAm Set the Heights a - flame,
DO FA DOBut not one in ten thousand knows your name.
Chorus- SOL
You brought the field all standing
FA DO With your courage and your luck,
DO LAmBut un- known to most, you're lying there
- FA SOL
Be - side old General Brock.
DO LAm So you know what it is to scale the Heights, and
FA LAmFall just short of fame, and
- DO FA DO
Have not one in ten thousand know your name.
Break: Chorus instrumental
DO LAmAt Queenston now, the General,
FA DOOn his tower stands a - lone, and
- DO LAm
There's lichen on "Mac - donnell,"
FA SOL Carved up - on that weathered stone.
DO LAmIn a corner of the monument,
- FA LAm
To glory you could claim,
DO FA DO But not one in ten thousand knows your name.
SOLYou brought the field all standing,
FA DOWith your courage and your luck,
- DO LAm
But un- known to most, you're lying there,
FA SOL Be - side old General Brock.
DO LAmSo you know what it is to scale the Heights, and
- FA LAm
Fall just short of fame, and
DO FA DO Have not one in ten thousand know your name.
Repeat Chorus:, then last three lines instrumental
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Standard Tuning No Capo Travis
..Picking
Intro: Two Bars of C (Cross
..picking)
- DO
Too thin the line that charged
LAm ..the Heights, and
FA DOScrambled in the clay.
- DO
Too thin the Eastern Township
LAm ..Scot
FAWho showed them all the way, and
- SOL
DO Per - haps had you not fallen,
LAm- FA
You might be what Brock be -
LAm ..came,
DOBut not one in ten thousand
- FA DO
..knows your name.
- DO
To say the name, Mac - donnell,
LAm
FAIt would bring no bugle call,
- DO
DO But the Redcoats stayed be -
LAm..side you,
- FA
When they saw the General fall.
SOL
DOTwas Mac- donnell raised the
- LAm
..banner then, and
FA LAm Set the Heights a - flame,
DOBut not one in ten thousand
- FA DO
..knows your name.
- Chorus
SOL You brought the field all
..standing
FAWith your courage and your luck,
DO- DO
But un- known to most, you're
LAm ..lying there
FABe - side old General Brock.
- SOL
DO So you know what it is to scale
LAm..the Heights, and
- FA LAm
Fall just short of fame, and
DO Have not one in ten thousand
FA DO..know your name.
Break: Chorus instrumental
- DO
At Queenston now, the General,
LAm
FAOn his tower stands a - lone,
- DO
..and
DO There's lichen on "Mac -
LAm..donnell,"
- FA
Carved up - on that weathered
SOL ..stone.
DO LAmIn a corner of the monument,
- FA LAm
To glory you could claim,
DO But not one in ten thousand
FA DO..knows your name.
SOLYou brought the field all
..standing,
FAWith your courage and your luck,
- DO
DO But un- known to most, you're
LAm..lying there,
- FA
Be - side old General Brock.
SOL
DOSo you know what it is to scale
- LAm
..the Heights, and
FA LAm Fall just short of fame, and
DOHave not one in ten thousand
- FA DO
..know your name.
Repeat Chorus:, then last three
..lines instrumental
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