Northern Wish On the album "Melville" and "Music Inspired by the Group of 7" Transcribed by Johanna Macdonald ([email protected]) C Em wake up, raise the curtains F C on your deep provincial eyes F C speak out, for i am certain F that it's no disguise C Em 'cause soldiers stopping traffic F C couldn't keep these wheels at bay F C their guns smoked and the sun broke F and we hauled away C Em and did you get my message F C on the peoples' radio? F C i wrote it in alberta F across the prairie spine C Em and "i'd rather jump the border F C than trail from east to west." F C then get the booking agent F to find another band C Em and mothers of the country F C take two flags and make a sail F C we'll sail the big dominion F this song is falling... D i built my rocket in a shed A i'm gonna launch it at the sun D i'm gonna launch it from my pad F oh - could i get this? C G C it's my northern wish. C Em meanwhile in the forest F C in a parliament of trees F C the ink will crack and dry all up F but the compass will swing, any-way C Em and we don't need mathematics F C we don't need submarines F C to tell how far that the land does go F until it hits the shore C Em and mothers of the country F C take two flags and make a sail F C we'll sail the big dominion F this song is falling D i built my rocket in a shed A i'm gonna launch it at the sun D i'm gonna launch it from my pad F oh - could i get this? C G C it's my northern wish. C Em wake up, raise the curtains F C on your deep provincial eyes F C speak out for i am certain F C this song is over ***** the Go7 version adds a G chord between verses: F G and we hauled away... C Em and mothers of the country... etc.
