North Star chords by Joel Plaskett

Chords with lyrics

North Star - Joel Plaskett Emergency

The chords are pretty straightforward. Basically only two different parts - verse and bridge. You can add some
fancy stuff in if you are so inclined.

Verse
    G+G       B minorBm
Getting warm, getting warmer
    C majorC       G+G
Getting closer to the answer
   C majorC        G+G
I was working on my grammar
   C majorC       D MajorD
I was driving in my Chevy

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
It was fast, but not the fastest
C majorC       G+G
I was listening to Cactus
C majorC       G+G
Man you really gotta practice
C majorC       D MajorD
If you wanna get that heavy

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
She was there, on the highway
C majorC       G+G
And her eyes said, ?Going my way??
C majorC       G+G
And I loved her in an instant
C majorC       D MajorD
Like a Turkish cymbal crashes

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
Getting high and getting higher
C majorC       G+G
Was it smoke or true desire?
C majorC       G+G
Did we start that forest fire?
C majorC       D MajorD
As we flicked away the ashes

Bridge
E minorEm
Headlights flash in the passing lane

Trying to fill the tank with a little loose change

Staring at the sky wondering where you are
  C majorC   G+G
The North Star
E minorEm
Old men dream of nights like these

Pine trees swaying in the clear cool breeze

Looking at your life from a moving car
  C majorC   G+G
The North Star

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
It got dark, it got darker
C majorC       G+G
I got high on a permanent marker
C majorC       G+G
Man, I felt like Peter Parker
C majorC       D MajorD
And my spidey sense was tingling

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
I fell apart, at the party
C majorC       G+G
Drinking red wine and Bacardi
C majorC       G+G
My constitution ain?t that hardy
C majorC       D MajorD
And I?m not much good at mingling

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
The wind blew, yeah, it was blowing
C majorC       G+G
And I said ?Baby, now where we going??
C majorC       G+G
A augmentedA rooster started crowing
C majorC       D MajorD
And the sun was coming up

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
And the dawn, it was brilliant
C majorC       G+G
We?re were listening to Marillion
C majorC       G+G
I screamed rock and roll?s resilient
C majorC       D MajorD
Then I started throwing up

Bridge
E minorEm
Good times flash in the memory lane

Every second band?s got an animal name

Loading our your gear from an empty bar
  C majorC   G+G
The North Star
E minorEm
Young men dream of nights like this

The clamour of the glamour or whatever it is

Looking in the mirror wondering who you are
  C majorC   G+G
The North Star

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
Me and her we were meandering
C majorC       G+G
C majorC       G+G
(solo)
C majorC       D MajorD
I was spinning round her curves

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
I was blind, cause she was blinding
C majorC       G+G
While the mix tape was rewinding
C majorC       G+G
I was busy stone cold rhyming
C majorC       D MajorD
I was getting on her nerves

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
Then she spoke, so she was speaking
C majorC       G+G
Said, ?I?m the someone you?ve been seeking ?
C majorC       G+G
The odometer was freaking
C majorC       D MajorD
We was driving my Chevy

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
Half a mil, half a million
C majorC       G+G
We were listening to Neil Young
C majorC       G+G
Man, you gotta shoot to kill em
C majorC       D MajorD
If you wanna get that heavy

Instrumental (same as verse)
G+G       B minorBm
C majorC       G+G
C majorC       G+G
C majorC       D MajorD

Verse
G+G       B minorBm
Love rattles on like a tambourine
C majorC       G+G
Every red light?s gonna turn to green
C majorC       G+G
Lightning bolt from the sky could fly
C majorC       D MajorD
I?m not gonna say goodbye

Ending
G+G       B minorBm
C majorC       G+G
C majorC       G+G
C majorC       D MajorD
   C majorC   G+G
The  North Star