Tablature marten hartwell story - Stompin Tom Connors

          



 

  Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 01:19:27 +0000

  From: Dennis Hiebert <dhiebert@mars.ark.com>

  

  Marten Hartwell Story

  Stompin' Tom Connors

  

  Chorus:

  [F]Lost up in [C]no-man's land

  In the [G7}Northwest Terri[C]tories

  They were [F]lost up in [C]no-man's land

  The [G7]Marten Hartwell [C]story

  The [G7]Marten Hartwell [C]story

  

  On November the 8th of '72

  [G7]North of the Arctic [C]Circle

  A plane took off from Cambridge Bay

  And the [G7]pilot's name was [C]Hartwell

  He [F]had to make it to [C]Yellowknife

  Al[G7]though the night was [C]stormin'

  To [F]save the lives of an [C]Eskimo boy

  And a [G7]pregnant Eskimo [C]woman.

  

  "Oh, Mr. Hartwell," said the nurse

  "I [G7]pray that you will [C]guide us

  To save this woman with her child

  And the [G7]boy with appendi[C]citis."

  But the [F]wind, it blew and the [C]storm, it grew

  And the [G7]signal of Kan[C]twoita                      <-- "Kantwoita"?

  They [F]missed by miles and [C]flying wild

  They [G7]crashed beside Lake [C]Hota.

  

  Chorus

  

  Now Judy Hill, the federal nurse

  She [G7]never lived to [C]waken

  And the life of the mother and her child

  Were [G7]both soon after [C]taken

  But the [F]pilot woke to [C]find himself

  And the [G7]Eskimo boy were [C]livin'

  [F]Left in pain be[C]side the plane

  To [G7]search the skies of [C]heaven.

  

  Day by day the pilot lay

  With [G7]both his ankles [C]broken

  And it took the lad everything he had

  To G7keep the fire Cstokin'

  While [F]in the sky too [C]far away

  The [G7]rescue team were [C]seakin'

  A [F]signal wave that [C]might be traced

  The [G7]Hartwell's radio [C]beacon

  

  Chorus

  

  After nineteen days the aerial search

  Was [G7]said to be com[C]pleted

  Until someone cried, "They're still alive

  And the [G7]search must be re[C]peated."

  And the [F]day the beep was [C]finally heard

  Was the [G7]day we'll all re[C]member

  A [F]man was found [C]safe and sound

  On the [G7]9th day of De[C]cember.

  

  Hartwell said he should have died

  At [G7]35 below [C]zero

  And the reason Hartwell did survive

  The [G7]boy had died a [C]hero,

  "He [F]brought me food when I [C]couldn't move

  While [G7]he himself grew [C]feeble

  Yes, [F]Davy Koutouk [C]died a saint

  And a [G7]credit to his [C]people

  [F]Davy Koutouk [C]died a saint

  And a [G7]credit to his [C]people."

  

  Chorus

  

  (repeat last line of chorus slowly)

  

  

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  Submitted by:  Dennis Hiebert

                 dhiebert@mars.ark.com

  

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 Marten hartwell story, de Stompin tom connors 

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