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Lookout Hill

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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)

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Lookout Hill

by Stan Rogers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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)

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