Northwestern chords by The Eagle And Child

Northwestern
The Eagle and Child
From ‘All Moments’


Intro:
F#  C#  D#m  A#m


Verse 1:
F# C#        D#m A#m     F# C#  D#m A#m
   You see my wandering heart inside my chest
F# C#        D#m  A#m       F# C#  D#m A#m
   You know my anxious thoughts and wish me rest.
F# C#     D#m A#m      F# C#  D#m A#m
   We know these ravenous roads surround
F# C#     D#m A#m         F#  C#  D#m A#m
   Every ear is ringing with the looming sound
F# A#m            C#/F G#
   I am sitting in silence    atop stormiest seas
F# A#m             C#/F G#
   and I wait for the waters    to wash over me

Verse 2:
F# C#       D#m A#m    F#  C#  D#m A#m
   Though dense and heavy conditions thrive
F# C#        D#m A#m        F# C#  D#m A#m
   I get a feeling that we’ll make it out alive
F# C#     D#m  A#m        F# C#  D#m A#m
   Too often we’re wishing the night a - way
F# C#        D#m A#m      F# C#  D#m A#m
   but without it we couldn’t define the day
F# A#m            C#/F G#
   I am sitting in silence    atop stormiest seas
F# A#m             C#/F G#
   and I wait for the waters    to wash over me


Chorus:
C#              F#
You see our struggles and our sorrow
          A#m
I am already on my knees
          F#
I am an echo of the hero
              C#
who faced the fires before me
           F#
He is the arbiter of comfort
             A#m
making his place in the unknown
              D#m
I see the footprints of the hero
      F#       C#  D#m A#m
this is the pathway to his home


F#  C#  D#m  A#m


Verse 3:
F# C#        D#m A#m     F# C#  D#m A#m
   You see my wandering heart inside my chest
F# C#        D#m  A#m       F# C#  D#m A#m
   You know my anxious thoughts and wish me rest.
F# C#         D#m  A#m     F#  C#  D#m A#m
   when we are crashing as waves along the shore
F# C#      D#m  A#m      F# C#  D#m A#m
   we’re grasping the God who broke before
F# A#m             C#/F G#
   Can we stand as a people,    finding peace with our lot?
F# A#m              C#/F G#
   Can we suffer in stillness,    believing we’re bought?


Chorus:
C#              F#
You see our struggles and our sorrow
          A#m
I am already on my knees
          F#
I am an echo of the hero
              C#
who faced the fires before me
           F#
He is the arbiter of comfort
             A#m
making his place in the unknown
              D#m
I see the footprints of the hero
      F#       C#
this is the pathway to his home


F#  A#m  C#/F  G#


Bridge:
F#    A#m          C#/F G#
You will catch the pieces of my heart
F#  A#m           C#/F G#
so I need not fear the fall apart
F#    A#m          C#/F G#
you will count a million of my tears
F#    A#m          C#/F G#
you will whisper worth into my fears


F#  A#m  C#/F  G#


Ending:
D#m    G#     F#
  I have hope in the darkness
D#m   G#     C#/F
  Recollection of light
D#m      G#      F#
  You have loved me in my ignorance
D#m    G#    C#