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 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
They gave me money 
            D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_320003@1">G G* Ato (x02220@1)find the sky.
      D5 (xx023x@1)            E7 (020130@1)      G*          A (x02220@1)      D5And (xx023x@1)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 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
But days are open
              D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
And skies are free
        D5 (xx023x@1)            E7And (020130@1)the time it took to learn that
G*               A (x02220@1)       D5 (xx023x@1)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 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
I lived in shadow
             D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Way from the sun.
        D5 (xx023x@1)             E7And (020130@1)the tremblin' in my  mind
        G*             A (x02220@1)    D5Kept (xx023x@1)my heart and body on the run.

(Improvise a fill like the ones above and end it with A)








             D5 (xx023x@1)   Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_320003@1">G AWhen (x02220@1)freedom called us
               D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Called out our names....
        D5 (xx023x@1)          E7And (020130@1)the beckon of the highway
G*                  A (x02220@1)     D5Saw (xx023x@1)through all our useless games

(fill ending in A)

            D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
The love we wanted 
            D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Was lost in lies 
        D5 (xx023x@1)                   E7And (020130@1)the chance that slipped on by me 
         G*              A (x02220@1)    D5Like (xx023x@1)the flashin' sorrow in her eyes

(fill ending in A)

A (x02220@1)                     D5Then (xx023x@1)we took the rise together 
        A (x02220@1)               GFor (320003@1)the first time in our lives 
A (x02220@1)                   D5Feeling (xx023x@1)just like one suspended  
             A (x02220@1)        D5 (xx023x@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) AThen (x02220@1)we said time won't keep our strife

            D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Our time is open 
          D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
For us to see 
        D5 (xx023x@1)                E7And (020130@1)our freedom schemes are open 
         G*               A (x02220@1)    D5like (xx023x@1)the seagulls soaring at the sea

(fill)

        D5 (xx023x@1)                E7And (020130@1)our freedom schemes are open 
         G*               A (x02220@1)    D5like (xx023x@1)the seagulls soaring at the sea.


D5 x0023x
Dsus4 x2003x
G 23000x
G* 230003
A x0222x
E7 02213