From: cbutler@bnr.ca (Chris Butler) Subject: CRD: Stan Rogers - The Rawdon Hills The Rawdon Hills - Words & Music by Stan Rogers ----------------

^AWorn down shacks of ^Gadd9labour past, on a ^D7/F#hill of broken ^Gadd9stone Once ^D/F#brought by men to the ^Emstamping mills to ^Gcrush away the gol^A7d But bef^A7/Gore it could pass t^Gadd9o their sons, the ^D/F#glory left the ^Ema9hole The ^GRawdon Hills ^A7once were touched by ^Ggold ^D/F#

The grandsons of the mining men scratch the fields among the trees When the gold played out, they were all turned out with granite dusted knees But at night around the stoves, sometimes the stories still unfold How the Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold Bridge:

^Fma9Grandsons of the ^Emmining men, you'll ^D/F#see it in your dreams ^Fma9Beneath your father's ^Embones still lies ^Dthe undiscovered seam^D/C Of Quartzite, in a serpentine vein that ^Dmarks the greatest yield And ^Galong the Midland railway, it's still ^Gtold How the ^GRawdon Hills ^A7once were touched by ^Ggold ^D

Eighty years has been and gone since there was color in the hole And the careworn shades of the hard-rock men surround the old Cope lode And through the tiny hillside farms, the miner's tales grow old The Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold The Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold Notes: Gadd9: 300203 D7/F#: 200212 D/F#: 200232 A7/G: 302020 Ema9: 024100 Fma9: 122010 D/C: x30232 (The Rawdon Hills are an area of Nova Scotia, kind of northwest of Halifax. Rumour has it that a long time ago, the Nova Scotia government circulated false reports that there was a big gold discovery there, as a plan to get more people to settle in that area.) -- Chris Butler aka cbutler@bnr.ca -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Stan Rogers - The rawdon hills