Joel Plaskett – North Star (Guitar)

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Chords

The chords are pretty straightforward. Basically only two different parts - verse and bridge. You can add some fancy stuff in if you are so inclined. Verse

       G              Bm
Getting warm, getting warmer

        C    C/B     G
Getting closer to the answer

      C               G   
I was working on my grammar

      C             D
I was driving in my Chevy

Verse

G              Bm
It was fast, but not the fastest

      C   C/B     G
I was listening to Cactus

C              G
Man you really gotta practice

C              D
If you wanna get that heavy

Verse

G              Bm
She was there, on the highway

          C   C/B     G
And her eyes said, “Going my way?”

C              G
And I loved her in an instant

C              D
Like a Turkish cymbal crashes

Verse

G              Bm
Getting high and getting higher

        C   C/B     G
Was it smoke or true desire?

C              G
Did we start that forest fire?

C              D
As we flicked away the ashes

Bridge

Em
Headlights flash in the passing lane

Trying to fill the tank with a little loose change Staring at the sky wondering where you are

    C     G
The North Star

Em
Old men dream of nights like these

Pine trees swaying in the clear cool breeze Looking at your life from a moving car

    C     G
The North Star

Verse

G              Bm
It got dark, it got darker

       C   C/B     G 
I got high on a permanent marker

C              G
Man, I felt like Peter Parker

C              D
And my spidey sense was tingling

Verse

G              Bm
I fell apart, at the party

          C   C/B     G
Drinking red wine and Bacardi

C              G
My constitution ain’t that hardy

C              D
And I’m not much good at mingling

Verse

G              Bm
The wind blew, yeah, it was blowing

        C   C/B     G
And I said “Baby, now where we going?”

C              G
A rooster started crowing

C              D
And the sun was coming up

Verse

G              Bm
And the dawn, it was brilliant

             C   C/B     G 
We’re were listening to Marillion

C              G
I screamed rock and roll’s resilient

C              D
Then I started throwing up

Bridge

Em
Good times flash in the memory lane

Every second band’s got an animal name Loading our your gear from an empty bar

    C     G
The North Star

Em
Young men dream of nights like this

The clamour of the glamour or whatever it is Looking in the mirror wondering who you are

    C     G
The North Star

Verse

G              Bm
Me and her we were meandering

C C/B G

C              G
(solo)

C              D
I was spinning round her curves

Verse

G              Bm
I was blind, cause she was blinding

           C   C/B     G 
While the mix tape was rewinding

C              G
I was busy stone cold rhyming

C              D
I was getting on her nerves

Verse

G              Bm
Then she spoke, so she was speaking

             C   C/B     G
Said, “I’m the someone you’ve been seeking “

C              G
The odometer was freaking

C              D
We was driving my Chevy

Verse

G              Bm
Half a mil, half a million

          C   C/B     G
We were listening to Neil Young

          C   C/B     G
Man, you gotta shoot to kill em

C              D
If you wanna get that heavy

Instrumental (same as verse) G Bm C C/B G C G C D Verse

G              Bm
I'mma rattle on like a tambourine 

     C        C/B           G
Shiver and shake till the red light's green

C              G
Lightning bolt from the sky could fly

C              D
I’m not gonna say goodbye

Ending G Bm C C/B G C G C D

      C     G
The   North Star