Capo II

       G5          D5
Oh my fair North Star 
       E5            C5
I have held to you dearly 
       G5            C5
I had asked you to steer me 
         G5                D5
'Til one cloud-scattered night 
       G5           D5
I got lost in my travels  
      E5       C5
I met Leo the lion 
       G5                C5
Met a king and met a giant 
            G5       D5      D5
With their errant light 
 
             E5           B5
There's the wind and the rain 
          C5   
And the mercy of the fallen 
         G5            D5                   E5    C5
Who say they have no claim to know what's right 

             G5              D5
There's the weak and the strong
         E5               C5
And the beds that have no answer 
            G5           D5            E5     C5
And that's where I may rest my head tonight

       G5              D5
I saw all the bright people 
    E5                   C5
In imposing flocks they landed 
         G5               C5
And they got what they demanded 
          G5                 D5
And they scratched at the ground 

          G5             D5
Then they flew and the fear 
         E5               C5
Grew as sweetly for the flightless
         G5              C5
Who had longing yet despite this 
           G5           D5     D5
Who could hear every sound


             E5           B5
There's the wind and the rain 
          C5   
And the mercy of the fallen 
         G5            D5                   E5    C5
Who say they have no claim to know what's right 


G5 D5 
E5 C5 
G5 D5 E5 C5

             G5               D5
And if your sister or your brother 
       E5                C5
Were stumbling on their last mile 
      G5             C5
In a self-inflicted exile 
                 G5             D5
You'd wish for them a humble friend 

       G5        D5
And I hope someday
         E5                    C5 
That the best of Falstaff's planners 
         G5                 C5
Give me seven half-built manors 
       G5               D5            E5   D5
Where half dreams may dream without end


             E5           B5
There's the wind and the rain 
          C5   
And the mercy of the fallen 
         G5            D5                   E5      C5
Who say Hey, it's not my place to know what's right 

             G5              D5
There's the weak and the strong
         E5                 C5
And the many stars that guide us 
          G5             C5         G5  D5  G5
We have some of them inside us