Song for the North Star
Jorma Kaukonen
QUAH (1974)
Easy song with some weird but simple chords. Sounds good in Drop D but it s not necessary.
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They gave me money
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to find the sky.
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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
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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
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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
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Saw through all our useless games
(fill ending in )
The love we wanted
Was lost in lies
And the chance that slipped on by me
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Like the flashin sorrow in her eyes
(fill ending in )
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
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like the seagulls soaring at the sea
(fill)
And our freedom schemes are open
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like the seagulls soaring at the sea.
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