Jorma Kaukonen - Song for the north star
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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.
D5 Dsus4 G G* A
D5 Dsus4 G G* A
They gave me D5monDsusey G A
D5 G G* A
to find the sky.
D5 E7 G* A D5
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 D5opeDsus4n G A
And skies are D5freDsus4e G A
And the D5time it took to E7learn that
G* A D5
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 D5shaDsus4dow G A
Way from the D5sunDsus4. G A
And the D5tremblin' in my E7mind
G* A D5
Kept my heart and body on the run.
(Improvise a fill like the ones above and end it with A)
When freedom D5called Dsus4us G A
Called out our D5namDsus4es....G A
And the D5beckon of the E7highway
G* A D5
Saw through all our useless games
(fill ending in A)
The love we D5wanDsus4ted G A
Was lost in D5lieDsus4s G A
And the D5chance that slipped on E7by me
G* A D5
Like the flashin' sorrow in her eyes
(fill ending in A)
AThen we took the rise toD5gether
For the Afirst time in our Glives
AFeeling just like one D5suspended
Then we said Atime won't D5keep Aour Gstrife A
Our time is D5opeDsus4n G A
For us to D5seeDsus4 G A
And our D5freedom schemes are E7open
G* A D5
like the seagulls soaring at the sea
(fill)
And our D5freedom schemes are E7open
G* A D5
like the seagulls soaring at the sea.
D5 x0023x
Dsus4 x2003x
G 23000x
G* 230003
A x0222x
E7 02213