Artist: | Oscar Brand (English) |
User: | mark clarke |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
"Something to Sing About" is a patriotic song written by American folk singer Oscar Brand that sings the praises of the many different regions of Canada. It was used as a theme for CBC, CTV and Expo 67, and there was once a movement for it to chosen as Canada's national anthem in 1965 though Parliament ultimately picked O Canada.
[Intro]
G C G D7 G
[Verse 1]
G C
I have walked 'cross the sand on the Grand Banks of Newfoudland,
G Em7 Am7 D7
Lazed on the ridge of the Miramichi.
G C
Seen the waves tear and roar at the stone coast of Labrador,
G D7 G
Watched them roll back to the great northern sea
[Chorus]
D7 G
From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland,
Em Bm A7 D7
'Cross the prairie, the Lakes, to Ontario's towers,
G
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes,
C
Out to the Maritimes,
G D7 G
Something to sing about, this land of ours
[Verse 2]
G C
I have welcomed the dawm from the fields of Saskatchewan,
G Em7 Am7 D7
Followed the sun to the Vancouver shore.
G C
Watched it climb shiny new up the snow peaks of Cariboo,
G D7 G
Up to the clouds where the wild Rockies soar.
[Chorus]
D7 G
From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland,
Em Bm A7 D7
'Cross the prairie, the Lakes, to Ontario's towers,
G
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes,
C
Out to the Maritimes,
G D7 G
Something to sing about, this land of ours
[Verse 3]
G C
I have heard the wild wind sing the places I have been,
G Em7 Am7 D7
Bay Bulls and Red Deer and Strait of Belle Isle.
G C
Names like Grand'mére and Silverthrone, Moose Jaw and Marrowbone,
G D7 G
Trails of the pioneer, named with a smile.
[Chorus]
D7 G
From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland,
Em Bm A7 D7
'Cross the prairie, the Lakes, to Ontario's towers,
G
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes,
C
Out to the Maritimes,
G D7 G
Something to sing about, this land of ours
[Verse 4]
G C
I have wandered my way to the wildwood of Hudson Bay
G Em7 Am7 D7
Treated my toes to Quebec's morning dew.
G C
Where the sweet summer breeze kissed the leaves of the maple trees,
G D7 G
Sharing this song that I'm singing to you.
[Chorus]
D7 G
From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland,
Em Bm A7 D7
'Cross the prairie, the Lakes, to Ontario's towers,
G
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes,
C
Out to the Maritimes,
G D7 G
Something to sing about, this land of ours
[Verse 5]
G C
Yes there's something to sing about, tune up a string about,
G Em7 Am7 D7
Call out in chorus or quietly hum,
G C
Of a land that's still young with a ballad that's still unsung,
G D7 G
Telling the promise of great things to come
[Chorus]
D7 G
From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland,
Em Bm A7 D7
'Cross the prairie, the Lakes, to Ontario's towers,
G
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes,
C
Out to the Maritimes,
G D7 G
Something to sing about, this land of ours