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 / / Too / thin the line that / charged the Heights, and / Scrambled in the / clay. / / Too / thin the Eastern / Township Scot / / Who / showed them all the / way, and / / Per - / haps had you not / fallen, / / You might / be what Brock be - / came, / C / F / C / / But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name. / / / / To / say the name, Mac - / donnell, / / It would / bring no bugle / call, / / But the / Redcoats stayed be - / side you, / / When they / saw the General / fall. / / Twas Mac- / donnell raised the / banner then, and / 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 / / With your / courage and your / luck, / / But un- / known to most, you're / lying there / / Be - / side old General / Brock. / / So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and / Fall just short of / fame, and / C / F / C / / Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / / Break: Chorus instrumental / / At / Queenston now, the / General, / / On his / tower stands a - / lone, and / / There's / lichen on "Mac - / donnell," / / Carved up - / on that weathered / stone. / / In a / corner of the / monument, / / To / glory you could / claim, / / / But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name. / G / You / brought the field all / standing, / / With your / courage and your / luck, / / But un- / known to most, you're / lying there, / / Be - / side old General / Brock. / / So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and / 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