The North

G Bm Em D C D G G Bm Have you seen the North? Em D That cold, grey place. C G/B Em C D Don't want its shadow anymore on my face. G Bm A man grows bitter. Em C We’re a bitter race. D G Some of us never get to see a better place. G Bm Em C D G G D In the Northern Skies Em G There was a steel cloud C G/B It used to follow me around, Em C D But I don’t see it now. G Bm There's a farm in the rain, Em G C And a little farmhouse. D Bb There were a young man's eyes looking south. Bb A7 The North was my mother. D F But I no longer need her. Bb A7 You trade your roots and your dust. D For a face in the river. F Bb And a driven rain that washes you F D To a different shore. Bb C Eb Bb C There's a North in us all but my North can't hold me anymore. G D Em G C G Em C D G Bm Em D G C D Bb A7 The North was my mother. Bb F But I no longer need her. Bb A7 You trade your roots and your dust. Bb D For a face in the river. F Bb And a driven rain that washes you F D To a different shore. G C Eb D C There's a North in us all but my North can't hold me anymore. C Bb A driven rain that washes you A7 D To a different shore. G C Eb D C There's a North in us all but my North can't hold me anymore.