Rogers Stan - Macdonnell On The Heights guitar tab

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 picking) kandvlee@shaw.ca

/ 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