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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 D5 Dsus G A They gave me money 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|---------------| D5 Dsus4 G A But days are open D5 Dsus4 G A And skies are free D5 E7 And the time it took to 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---------------------------| D5 Dsus4 G A I lived in shadow D5 Dsus4 G A Way from the sun. D5 E7 And the tremblin' in my mind G* A D5 Kept my heart and body on the run. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jorma-kaukonen/232766.html ] (Improvise a fill like the ones above and end it with A) D5 Dsus4 G A When freedom called us D5 Dsus4 G A Called out our names.... D5 E7 And the beckon of the highway G* A D5 Saw through all our useless games (fill ending in A) D5 Dsus4 G A The love we wanted D5 Dsus4 G A Was lost in lies D5 E7 And the chance that slipped on by me G* A D5 Like the flashin' sorrow in her eyes (fill ending in A) A D5 Then we took the rise together A G For the first time in our lives A D5 Feeling just like one suspended A D5 A G A Then we said time won't keep our strife D5 Dsus4 G A Our time is open D5 Dsus4 G A For us to see D5 E7 And our freedom schemes are open G* A D5 like the seagulls soaring at the sea (fill) D5 E7 And our freedom schemes are open G* A D5 like the seagulls soaring at the sea. D5 x0023x Dsus4 x2003x G 23000x G* 230003 A x0222x E7 02213 |