North Country Boy chords by Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne - North Country Boy


CAPO: 2nd Fret







INTRO:: F ~ D G  C D G  C D G  C D  G

VERSE 1::
      F    C       G
I'm just an ordinary North Country man
    F         C      G
I had a dream that bid me come here
      F          C      G
Although naïve, I thought that I'd make my way
         F          C    G
But fair-weather friends is all that I had

VERSE 2::
   F           C    G
They took from me all that I had to give
      F       C    G
Replenished me with their reason
     F        C     G
Don't you talk to me about your sacrifice
      F     C     G
Then ask of me if I'm leaving


CHORUS::
     C      F    G
I'm going down to the water today
      C      F  ~ ~ C G
I've got to wash away my sorrow
     C      F    G
I'm going down to the water today
       C     F  ~ D  G
Gotta get me clean by tomorrow___


VERSE 3::
      F    C       G
I'm just an ordinary North Country man
       F       C    G
My dream has edges that are fading
         F      C     G
This year that's passed, it's not such a waste
      F       C     G
It's just a hard way to be learning


VERSE 4::
   F          C        G
We've got no choice in the life that we're born to
     F          C    G
Our only choosing, is in its living
       F          C          G
Now people in their own time, will show just what they are
      F        C   G
I hope this time, I know who I am


CHORUS::
     C      F    G
I'm going down to the water today
      C      F  ~ ~ C G
I've got to wash away my sorrow
     C      F    G
I'm going down to the water today
       C     F  ~ D  G
Gotta get me clean by tomorrow___


OUTRO::
        C  ~ Am G F G
I've gotta get me clean________
         C ~ Am G F G
I've gotta get me clean________
         C ~ Am G F G
I've gotta get me clean________
         C ~ Am G F G C ~ Am G F G C