Six String Nation
July 1, 2007 © Sean McGaughey
C Am F G
Jowi dreamed of a way to tell our stories
C Am F G
from the humblest moments to a nation’s greatest glories
F F C C/B AM
From sea to sea to sea he crossed our land
F G C G7
Searching for fragments of our past.
George recalls arriving on our shores a refugee
dreaming of a future filled with opportunity,
Fifty years along he took the wood from near and far
Fashioning our nation’s guitar.
F G C C7
We are citizens of the six-string nation
F G C C7
Its song unites us across the generations
F F G
From the scoundrels to the saints
C C/B Am
we all belong
F G G7
Oh Canada, this is our song
G C
Oh Canada.
From the dance floor at Handhills Lake, to the seats of Massey Hall
St Boniface Museum, the Forum in Montreal
The Parliament Building, the lighthouse at Cape Grace
It’s part of your heritage. This is Canada.
Henderson, Macdondald, Lucy Maud Montgomery
John Ware, Nancy Green, Trudeau, Wayne Gretzky
Lawren Harris, Joe Lebobe, Jack London, and the Rocket
