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