Compass chords by Sail North

• Capo on 2nd

🎸 Intro:

Am           D

🎸 Verse 1:
Am                     D      Am
Ran out the door some years ago.
         C#M7                      C#m           G#m7
Slinging words at my old man like thistles and stones.
     Am                       D           Am
Said "No need to worry, I'll never come home."
       C#M7                     C#m             Am           D
My mom crying "Don't go," as I raced down the road.

🎸 Verse 2:
Am                                D            Am
Straight through 'til sun fell I kept up the pace,
     C#M7                      C#m        G#m7
'til darkness embraced me and I lost my way.
Am                     D             Am
Weary from travel and wet from the rain,
  C#M7                    C#m          Am
I stopped at a tavern in Broken Mast Bay.

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
        D      Am   C#m
Where a rough-cut man
                   D    Am     C#m    Bmsus4
Said, "What's your business, lad "

🎸 Chorus:
Am                D         Am
"I can't find my way back home.
D                          C#m    G#m
It's cold, it's dark, I'm all alone."
   Am                    D         Am
He said "My boy, you're not lost yet.
     D                        C#m            Am
Just follow the compass that beats in your chest."

D  Am  D

🎸 Verse 3:
Am                      Csus2     Am
12 years had gone as a wandering man,
D                         C#m          G#m
Searching for meaning in far distant lands.
  Am                              D               Am
Defied kings and queens and with foes, raised a glass,
    D                          C#m      Am
And fell for an outlaw named "Katie McMahon."

🎸 Verse 4:
    Am                         D             Am
Oh, we sailed the sea seeking mountains of gold,
    D                            C#m         G#m
And fountains of youth from the stories of old.
  Am                         D         Am
Escaped from the perils and monsters below,
    D                    C#m         Am
But after it all we had nothin' to show.

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
           D     Am   C#m
Then Katie said "my love
              D     Am  C#m    Bmsus4
Our journey's just begun."

🎸 Chorus:
Am                D         Am
"We can make our way back home.
    D                      C#m  G#m
I'm here with you, you're not alone.
     Am                   D         Am
I'll fight with you 'til our last breath,
   D                        C#m           Am
To follow the compass that beats in our chest."

D  Am

🎸 Bridge:
      G#m     C#m          D           Am
So we traded swords, our sails, and yours
      G#m7    C#m
For a simple life.
   G#m        C#m    D        Am
20 years she never left my side
         G#m7        Bmsus4      C#m
'Til she passed one night.

🎸 Chorus:
Am                 D        Am
Well my love, you made it home,
    D                  C#m   G#m
Without you here, I'm so alone.
    Am                 D        Am
But I will fight 'til my last breath,
       D                         C#m          G#m7
'Cause you are the compass that beats in my chest.

🎸 Outro:
      D                         C#m          Am
Yeah, you are the compass that beats in my chest.