The North
Elton John Key
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G Bm Em D C D G
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Verse 1
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
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Some of us never get to see a better place.
G Bm Em C D G
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Verse 2
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
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There were a young man's eyes looking south.
Chorus
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.
Interlude
G D Em G C G Em C D
G Bm Em D G C D
Chorus
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.
Outro
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.
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