Compass Chords

🎸 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.