Artisto: | Stan Rogers (English) |
Uzanto: | William Barnes |
Daŭro: | 130 sekundoj |
Komenca paŭzo: | 12 sekundoj |
Tononoma sistemo: | Ne definita |
Sakra: | |
Komentoj pri tabulaturo: | - |
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