Song for the North Star
Jorma Kaukonen
(1974)
Easy song with some weird but simple chords. Sounds good in Drop D but it's not necessary.
G*
G*
They gave me money
G*
to find the sky.
G*
And I took it with no question, didn't even ask them why.
(then play this little riff):
E|--2---0--------|
B|--3---2---2----|
G|--2---2---3----....[G]...[A]...
D|--------0------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
But days are open
And skies are free
And the time it took to learn that
G*
Didn't leave its chains on me.
E)--2---0h2p0------------------------------------------------|
B}-------------3---0-------------0---3---2-------------------|
G)-------------2---0-------(0)---0---0---2---(rhythmically)--|
D)--0--------------2---(0)-----------0---2-------------------|
A)----------------(2)--------------------0-------------------|
E)-------------------------------3---------------------------|
I lived in shadow
Way from the sun.
And the tremblin' in my mind
G*
Kept my heart and body on the run.
(Improvise a fill like the ones above and end it with A)
When freedom called us
Called out our names....
And the beckon of the highway
G*
Saw through all our useless games
(fill ending in A)
The love we wanted
Was lost in lies
And the chance that slipped on by me
G*
Like the flashin' sorrow in her eyes
(fill ending in A)
Then we took the rise together
For the first time in our lives
Feeling just like one suspended
Then we said time won't keep our strife
Our time is open
For us to see
And our freedom schemes are open
G*
like the seagulls soaring at the sea
(fill)
And our freedom schemes are open
G*
like the seagulls soaring at the sea.
D5 x0023x
Dsus4 x2003x
G 23000x
G* 230003
A x0222x
E7 02213