Gordon Lightfoot - Whispers Of The North
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[INTRO:] C ~ Am Em Am Em Am
[VERSE 1:]
C ~ Am
Whispers of the north
C ~ Am
Soon I will go forth
C ~ Am
To that wild and barren land
C ~ Am
Where nature takes its course
G/B C
Whispers of the wind
~ Am
Soon I will be there again
C ~ Am
Bound with a wild and restless drive
G C
That pulls me from within
[CHORUS:]
Am C
And we can ride away
G Am
We can glide all day
F G C Em Am
We can fly___ away
[INTERLUDE:] Am G/B C G Am
[VERSE 2:]
G/B C
Whispers of the north
Am G/B C
Soon I will return again
~ Am
To those endless afternoons
C ~ Am
In sunshine and in rain
C ~ Am
Whispers of my love
C ~ Am
Days and weeks on end
C ~ Am
I will share my thoughts of her
G C
In prayers that I will send
[CHORUS:]
Am C
And we can ride away
G Am
We can glide all day
F G C Em Am
We can fly___ away
[INSTRUMENTAL:] Am G/B C ~ Am G/B C ~ Am
[VERSE 3:]
G/B Am
Whispers of the north
G/B C
The river and the shore
~ Am
In a land that tested Eskimos
G/B C
Ten thousand years before
~ Am
Whispers of my heart
G/B C
In the tracks of animals
~ Am
I will leave my footprints there
G C
To lie beneath the snow
[CHORUS:]
Am C
And we can ride away
G Am
We can glide all day
F G C Em Am
We can fly___ away
[INTERLUDE:] Am G/B C ~ Am
[VERSE 4:]
G/B C
Whispers of the wind
Am G/B C
I will feel it sting
~ Am
I will see it rise and fall
C ~ Am
I will hear it sing
C ~ Am
The sound is like a song to me
C ~ Am
It takes away the pain
C ~ Am
The river is the melody
G C
And sky is the refrain
[CHORUS:]
Am C
And we can ride away
G Am
We can glide all day
F G C Em Am
We can fly___ away
[CHORUS:]
Am C
And we can ride away
G Am
We can glide all day
F G C Em Am
We can fly___ away
[INTERLUDE:] Am G/B C ~ Am
[OUTRO:]
C ~ Am
Whispers of the north
C ~ Am
Soon I will go forth
C ~ Am
Whispers of the north
C ~ Am F G Am Em Am
Soon I will go forth
