Song for the North Star Chords & Lyrics by Jorma Kaukonen

Song for the North Star

guitar chords lyrics

Jorma Kaukonen

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.

(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