Jorma Kaukonen — Song for the North Star
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 DsuA 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 A G|--2---2---3----.......... D|--------0------| A|---------------| E|---------------| D5 DAus4 But days are open D5 DAus4 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 DsuA4 I lived in shadow D5 DAus4 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 DsAs4 When freedom called us D5 Dsus4 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 DsusA The love we wanted D5 DsAs4 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 DsAs4 Our time is open D5 DAus4 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
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