3Rd Coast - Hudson Bay Song

A E D A D E A A E D A North of the border by the great Hudson Bay, D A E Smoke rises from an old shack A E D A And he sits at his table and sips from his cup, D E A While the snow wanders in through the cracks. A E D A At his feet rests an old dog from the Labrador line, D A E The big kind that don't mind the snow, A E D A He's a trusted companion, a serious friend, D E A A keeper of the secrets he's told. D E As the night falls and they're sharing the northern lights A E D Under a blanket of stars D E He tells his old friend he's out on a limb again D E He's left the door to his heart ajar. A E D A He reads an old letter from some faded love D A E He wishes that the mail train would come. A E D A He puts down his papers and he grabs his guitar, D E A And quietly he starts to strum. D E As the night falls and they're sharing the northern lights A E D Under a blanket of stars D E He tells his old friend he'll never go back again D E This time, they've both gone too far A E D A Well a man's gotta be just as strong as he can D A E The north country's no place for tears A E D A They look out a place that'll freeze to your face D E A But they're the last of your soul's souvenirs. A E D A Well I hear there's big medicine in a good woman's love D A E I hear there ain't much it can't do A E D A With the strength of a polar bear, the fate of a dove D E A Turning the old into new D E When the night falls and you're sharing the northern lights A E D Under a blanket of stars D E Give your hand up to fate, don't let go, celebrate D E Time to find out who you are A E D A North of the border, by the great Hudson Bay D A E Smoke rises from an old shack A E D A It seems it burnt to the ground when no one was around D E A And I doubt that they'll ever be back