|
|
Hole - Northern Star tab
Highlighted Show chord diagrams
Northern Star – Hole (Celebrity Skin) Riff 1: | F C | E A | e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------1---2-------| (if strummed, D|-----3-------2-----------2--(2)--| on lower strings) A|---3-------3-------2-----0----(0)| E|-1-----1-0-----0-0---------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & Riff 2: | F C | E A | e|---------------------------------| B|-----1-------1-------0-----------| G|---3-------0-------1-----2-------| (if strummed, D|-3-----3-2-----2-2-------2-------| on higher strings) A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & “G” Riff: (G Barre Chord) e|-----------------| * Proceeds Riff 1 in Chorus- * B|-----------------| G|-----------------| Note it, as song/shown, D|-----5-----5---5-| or just quick strum G chord A|---5-----5-------| - 8 short downstrokes, often only on E string, E|-3-----3-----3---| actually sounds deeper and more eerie/cool 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & to me. INTRO: |F C |E A |(Riff 1) |F C |E A |(Riff 2) VERSE 1: Em |Am | And I cry-y and no one can Em |Am | hear. Inha........le, the blinded eyes that Em |Am | see the cha.......os bring the pitiful to Em |Am C | me. Even though I'm wide awake, I... ... ... Em |Am D | will in blackest night. And, I wait for you. It’s Em D/F# |Am D | cold in here, there's no one left and I wait for you. And C Em |Am D | nothing stops it happening and I... ... ... knew. I’d C Em |F C |E A | cherish all my misery a...lone. (*Riff 1) CHORUS: |-(G Riff)--|--------------(Riff 1)------------| |G //////// |F C |E A | (And I) wait... staring at the northern star |G //////// |F C |E A | (I'm a-)-fraid... it won't lead me a.....nywhere |G //////// |F C |E A | (He's so) cold... he will ruin the world tonight |G //////// |F C |E A | (All the) angels... kneel into the northern lights, |G //////// |F C |E A | kneel into the frozen lights. Then: |F C |E A |(Riff 2) VERSE 2: [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/h/hole/24150.html ] Em |Am | And they paid, I cry and cry for Em |Am | you. Ghosts that haunt you with their sorrow I cried 'cause you were Em |Am | doomed. Praying to the wound that swallows all that's cold and Em |Am C | cruel. Can you see the tree.....s, cha........rity Em | and gratitude? They Am D | run to the pines. It’s Em D/F# | black in here, blot out the sun and Am D | run to the pines. Our C Em | misery runs wild and free. And, Am D | I... ... ... knew the C Em |(Riff 1)* fire and the ashes of his graves. CHORUS: |F C |E A |(Riff 1)* (graves) And I.. |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) wait......... staring at the northern star. I’m |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) afraid........ it won't lead you very far. He’s so |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) cold......... he will win the world tonight. All the |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) angels....... kneelin to the frozen lights. |G (riff) |F C |E |(Riff 1) Feel their hearts, they're cold and white. Then.. |F C |E A |(Riff 2) BRIDGE: E C | E C | Am D | E C | E C | Am D | G E | And... VERSE 3: (picks up towards ends of previous verses – after Em-Am passes) Am D | I... wa.....nt you! And, Em D/F# | blessed are the broken and, Am D | I be........g you, no C Em | loneliness, no misery is Am D | worr........th you. Oh.. G Em |(Riff 1)* tear his heart out, cold as ice it’s mine! CHORUS: |F C |E A |(Riff 1)* (mine!) And I.. |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) wait......... praying to the northern star. I’m |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) afraid........ it won't lead you any-where. He’s so |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) cold......... raining on the world tonight. All the |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) angels....... kneelin to the northern lights. And I.. |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) pray......... begging to the northern star. I’m |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) afraid........ it won't lead you very far. He’s so.. |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) cold......... he will rule the world tonight. All the.. |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) angels....... kneelin to the northern lights, |G (riff) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) kneelin to the frozen lights. Then.. |F C |E A |(Riff 2) |F C |E A |(Riff 1) Feel their hearts, they're cold as ice. |F C |E A* |(Riff 2)  |