North Star - Joel Plaskett Emergency
The chords are pretty straightforward. Basically only two different parts - verse and bridge. You can add some
fancy stuff in if you are so inclined.
Verse
G Bm
Getting warm, getting warmer
C C/B G
Getting closer to the answer
C G
I was working on my grammar
C D
I was driving in my Chevy
Verse
G Bm
It was fast, but not the fastest
C C/B G
I was listening to Cactus
C G
Man you really gotta practice
C D
If you wanna get that heavy
Verse
G Bm
She was there, on the highway
C C/B G
And her eyes said, “Going my way?”
C G
And I loved her in an instant
C D
Like a Turkish cymbal crashes
Verse
G Bm
Getting high and getting higher
C C/B G
Was it smoke or true desire?
C G
Did we start that forest fire?
C D
As we flicked away the ashes
Bridge
Em
Headlights flash in the passing lane
Trying to fill the tank with a little loose change
Staring at the sky wondering where you are
C G
The North Star
Em
Old men dream of nights like these
Pine trees swaying in the clear cool breeze
Looking at your life from a moving car
C G
The North Star
Verse
G Bm
It got dark, it got darker
C C/B G
I got high on a permanent marker
C G
Man, I felt like Peter Parker
C D
And my spidey sense was tingling
Verse
G Bm
I fell apart, at the party
C C/B G
Drinking red wine and Bacardi
C G
My constitution ain’t that hardy
C D
And I’m not much good at mingling
Verse
G Bm
The wind blew, yeah, it was blowing
C C/B G
And I said “Baby, now where we going?”
C G
A rooster started crowing
C D
And the sun was coming up
Verse
G Bm
And the dawn, it was brilliant
C C/B G
We’re were listening to Marillion
C G
I screamed rock and roll’s resilient
C D
Then I started throwing up
Bridge
Em
Good times flash in the memory lane
Every second band’s got an animal name
Loading our your gear from an empty bar
C G
The North Star
Em
Young men dream of nights like this
The clamour of the glamour or whatever it is
Looking in the mirror wondering who you are
C G
The North Star
Verse
G Bm
Me and her we were meandering
C C/B G
C G
(solo)
C D
I was spinning round her curves
Verse
G Bm
I was blind, cause she was blinding
C C/B G
While the mix tape was rewinding
C G
I was busy stone cold rhyming
C D
I was getting on her nerves
Verse
G Bm
Then she spoke, so she was speaking
C C/B G
Said, “I’m the someone you’ve been seeking “
C G
The odometer was freaking
C D
We was driving my Chevy
Verse
G Bm
Half a mil, half a million
C C/B G
We were listening to Neil Young
C C/B G
Man, you gotta shoot to kill em
C D
If you wanna get that heavy
Instrumental (same as verse)
G Bm
C C/B G
C G
C D
Verse
G Bm
I'mma rattle on like a tambourine
C C/B G
Shiver and shake till the red light's green
C G
Lightning bolt from the sky could fly
C D
I’m not gonna say goodbye
Ending
G Bm
C C/B G
C G
C D
C G
The North Star
