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.