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
D5 Dsus G A
They gave me money
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|---------------|
D5 Dsus4 G A
But days are open
D5 Dsus4 G A
And skies are free
D5 E7
And the time it took to learn 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---------------------------|
D5 Dsus4 G A
I lived in shadow
D5 Dsus4 G A
Way from the sun.
D5 E7
And the tremblin' in my mind
G* A D5
Kept my heart and body on the run.
(Improvise a fill like the ones above and end it with A)
D5 Dsus4 G A
When freedom called us
D5 Dsus4 G A
Called out our names....
D5 E7
And the beckon of the highway
G* A D5
Saw through all our useless games
(fill ending in A)
D5 Dsus4 G A
The love we wanted
D5 Dsus4 G A
Was lost in lies
D5 E7
And the chance that slipped on by me
G* A D5
Like the flashin' sorrow in her eyes
(fill ending in A)
A D5
Then we took the rise together
A G
For the first time in our lives
A D5
Feeling just like one suspended
A D5 A G A
Then we said time won't keep our strife
D5 Dsus4 G A
Our time is open
D5 Dsus4 G A
For us to see
D5 E7
And our freedom schemes are open
G* A D5
like the seagulls soaring at the sea
(fill)
D5 E7
And our freedom schemes are open
G* A D5
like the seagulls soaring at the sea.
D5 x0023x
Dsus4 x2003x
G 23000x
G* 230003
A x0222x
E7 02213
