Gordon Lightfoot – Whispers Of The North (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ## CAPO: 3rd Fret [INTRO:] C ~ Am Em Am Em Am [VERSE 1:]
C        ~      Am
Whispers of the north

C      ~       Am
Soon I will go forth

C       ~        Am
To that wild and barren land 

      C      ~         Am
Where nature takes its course 

         G/B    C
Whispers of the wind

       ~       Am
Soon I will be there again 

C            ~        Am
Bound with a wild and restless drive 

              G        C
That pulls me from within
[CHORUS:]
           Am    C
And we can ride away

       G         Am
We can glide all day 

       F G C   Em Am
We can fly___  away
[INTERLUDE:] Am G/B C G Am [VERSE 2:]
         G/B    C
Whispers of the north

Am     G/B    C
Soon I will return again

         ~       Am
To those endless afternoons

   C        ~      Am
In sunshine and in rain 

C        ~     Am
Whispers of my love

C        ~        Am
Days and weeks on end 

C      ~        Am
I will share my thoughts of her 

                G      C
In prayers that I will send
[CHORUS:]
           Am    C
And we can ride away

       G         Am
We can glide all day 

       F G C   Em Am
We can fly___  away
[INSTRUMENTAL:] Am G/B C ~ Am G/B C ~ Am [VERSE 3:]
         G/B    Am
Whispers of the north

          G/B     C
The river and the shore

               ~      Am
In a land that tested Eskimos

             G/B     C
Ten thousand years before 

         ~     Am
Whispers of my heart

       G/B       C
In the tracks of animals 

       ~        Am
I will leave my footprints there

         G         C
To lie beneath the snow
[CHORUS:]
           Am    C
And we can ride away

       G         Am
We can glide all day 

       F G C   Em Am
We can fly___  away
[INTERLUDE:] Am G/B C ~ Am [VERSE 4:]
         G/B    C
Whispers of the wind

Am     G/B     C
I will feel it sting 

       ~      Am
I will see it rise and fall

C      ~       Am
I will hear it sing 

    C        ~      Am
The sound is like a song to me

   C      ~       Am
It takes away the pain 

    C     ~      Am
The river is the melody

           G     C
And sky is the refrain
[CHORUS:]
           Am    C
And we can ride away

       G         Am
We can glide all day 

       F G C   Em Am
We can fly___  away
[CHORUS:]
           Am    C
And we can ride away

       G         Am
We can glide all day 

       F G C   Em Am
We can fly___  away
[INTERLUDE:] Am G/B C ~ Am [OUTRO:]
C        ~      Am
Whispers of the north

C      ~       Am
Soon I will go forth

C        ~      Am
Whispers of the north

C      ~       Am     F G Am Em Am
Soon I will go forth