Macdonnell On The Heights

Intro:     Two Bars of C (Cross 
picking)                
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Too / thin the line that / charged 
/Am
the Heights, and
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Scrambled in the / clay.
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Too / thin the Eastern / Township 
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Scot
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Who / showed them all the / way, and
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Per - / haps had you not / fallen,
 / Am

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You might / be what Brock be - / 
                 / Am
came,
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But not / one in ten / thousand 
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knows your / name. / /
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To / say the name, Mac - / donnell,
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It would / bring no bugle / call,
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But the / Redcoats stayed be - / 
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side you,
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When they / saw the General / fall.
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Twas Mac- / donnell raised the / 
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banner then, and
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Set the Heights a - / flame,
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But not / one in ten / thousand 
F                                  
knows your  /name. / /
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Chorus:

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You / brought the field all / 
           /
standing
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With your / courage and your / luck,
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But un- / known to most, you're / 
                 / Am
lying there
        / F                         
Be - / side old General / Brock.
  / G

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So you know / what it is to / scale 
       / Am
the Heights, and
F                         / Am
Fall just short of / fame, and
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Have not / one in ten / thousand 
 / F                                
know your / name. / /
 / C        / /


Break: Chorus instrumental

     / C                            
At / Queenston now, the / General,
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            / F                   
On his / tower stands a - / lone, 
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and
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There's / lichen on "Mac - / 
             / Am
donnell,"
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Carved up - / on that weathered / 
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stone.
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In a / corner of the / monument,
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To / glory you could / claim,
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But not / one in ten / thousand 
F                                  
knows your / name.
/ C


        / G                   
You / brought the field all / 
           /
standing,
                 / F                
With your / courage and your / luck,
           / C

             / C                  
But un- / known to most, you're / 
                / Am
lying there,
        / F                         
Be - / side old General / Brock.
/ G

                      / C           
So you know / what it is to / scale 
      / Am
the Heights, and
F                         / Am
Fall just short of / fame, and
               / C               
Have not / one in ten / thousand 
/ F                                
know your / name. / /
  / C        / /