Northern Girl

G C G G G/F# Em C Why are the rain clouds coming and pouring down on me? G G G/F# Em C And why can't the north wind turn and blow the other way? G G G/F# Em And where has the sunshine gone? Oh, I can barely see Am C Am G C This northern rain is falling, and home is calling me G G G/F# Em C Sun in a southern sky is all I need to see G G G/F# Em C Just watching a small bird fly, above the fields and me G G G/F# Em Walking a dusty road and there's nothing 'round the bend Am C Am G Except for golden tones of going home again C G D Going home______ C G D C Going home______ G G G/F# Em C Muddy old river flowing 'neath a fallen tree G G G/F# Em C And sunflower garden growing twice as tall as me G G G/F# Em Sister and father hear me, what I've learned today Am C Am G I ain't no northern girl, I've been too long away C G D Going home______ C G D C Going home______ G G G/F# Em C And on a starry old summer evening, humming warm and sweet G G G/F# Em C I hit the road believing, I was bound to leave G G G/F# Em And it took a New England sky to teach me how to say Am C Am G I ain't no northern girl, I've been too long away Am C Am G G/F# Em I ain't no northern girl, I've been too long away Am C Am G D G This ain't no northern song and I've been too long away