North By North by Faded Paper Figures Standard Tuning Capo I Key of Ab (chords are in the key of G) G Em C G North by north— lest we have to settle down G Em C G we can sail without the wind in this town Em C G Things that London never saw Em C G Northern winters start to thaw; Em C To islands on the sea, D G lands I've never seen, Em C D G things will get calmer— follow me. Em D D/C# You said a long long time ago C you were happy being someone Em D D/C# Let's go far far far from home C I'll be glad to be with someone (interlude) G Em C G G Em C G Land pneumonia, your engines in repair; G Em C G plant begonias, and orchids in your hair. Em C G Continents all made of clay Em C G Dreamers leaving every day Em C To islands on the sea, D G lands I've never seen, Em C D G things will get calmer— follow me. Em D D/C# You said a long long time ago C you were happy being someone Em D D/C# Let's go far far far from home C I'll be glad to be with someone (Interlude) G Em C G Em C F#m D Em C D G Em C G Someone told me you had oceans in your eyes G Em C G Cold as shadows over European skies Em C G Coasting out the shallow day Em C G Leaving London in decay Em C To islands on the sea, D G lands I've never seen, Em C D G things will get calmer— follow me. Em D D/C# You said a long long time ago C you were happy being someone Em D D/C# Let's go far far far from home C I'll be glad to be with someone Em D D/C# You said a long long time ago C you were happy being someone Em D D/C# Let's go far far far from home C I'll be glad to be with someone Em D D/C# You said a long long time ago C you were happy being someone Em D D/C# Let's go far far far from home C I'll be glad to be with someone
