Jorma Kaukonen – Song For The North Star chords
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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* AD5 Dsus G AThey gave me moneyD5 G G* Ato find the sky.D5 E7 G* A D5And 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|---------------|D5 Dsus4 G ABut days are openD5 Dsus4 G AAnd skies are freeD5 E7And the time it took to learn thatG* 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---------------------------|D5 Dsus4 G AI lived in shadowD5 Dsus4 G AWay from the sun.D5 E7And the tremblin' in my mindG* A D5Kept my heart and body on the run.(Improvise a fill like the ones above and end it with A)D5 Dsus4 G AWhen freedom called usD5 Dsus4 G ACalled out our names....D5 E7And the beckon of the highwayG* A D5Saw through all our useless games(fill ending in A)D5 Dsus4 G AThe love we wantedD5 Dsus4 G AWas lost in liesD5 E7And the chance that slipped on by meG* A D5Like the flashin' sorrow in her eyes(fill ending in A)A D5Then we took the rise togetherA GFor the first time in our livesA D5Feeling just like one suspendedA D5 A G AThen we said time won't keep our strifeD5 Dsus4 G AOur time is openD5 Dsus4 G AFor us to seeD5 E7And our freedom schemes are openG* A D5like the seagulls soaring at the sea(fill)D5 E7And our freedom schemes are openG* A D5like the seagulls soaring at the sea.D5 x0023x Dsus4 x2003x G 23000x G* 230003 A x0222x E7 02213