Lookout Hill


Lookout Hill 4/4 Stan Rogers Lee Bushnell For the Family 1983 Folk Tradition Records submitted by Ken Lee Standard Tuning kandvlee@shaw.ca Intro: One Verse Instrumental / A / D - A There's a / spot far away you / all know well, / A / E A / place that's called the / Lookout Hill, / A / D - A Where the / rabbits hop and the / wildcats yell. / A / E - A How I / love that place no / one can tell. / A / D - A There are / trout streams there and / moose and deer, / A / E But you / never lay eyes on a / grizzly bear, / A / D - A So / take your pack up - / on your back, and A / E - A Head your way up the / Lookout Track. Intro: One Verse Instrumental / A / D - A There'll / be a time when / I am old, and / A / E My / poor old bones are / stiff and cold, / A / D - A I'll / head to the Lookout with the / setting sun, / A / E - A When I / smell those spruce trees / I'll feel young. / A / D - A When the / lakes are frozen and the / brooks are high, and / A / E You / hear the owl in the / moonlight cry, / A / D - A I'll / head to the Lookout with / spirits high, / A / E - A Good - / bye my friends, it's / there I'll die. (Repeat 1st verse then two verses instrumental)