North By North Chords & Tabs
North By North by Faded Paper Figures
Standard Tuning
Capo I
Key of Ab (chords are in the key of G)
G Em C G
North by north— lest we have to settle down
G Em C G
we can sail without the wind in this town
Em C G
Things that London never saw
Em C G
Northern winters start to thaw;
Em C
To islands on the sea,
D G
lands I've never seen,
Em C D G
things will get calmer— follow me.
Em D D/C#
You said a long long time ago
C
you were happy being someone
Em D D/C#
Let's go far far far from home
C
I'll be glad to be with someone
(interlude)
G Em C G
G Em C G
Land pneumonia, your engines in repair;
G Em C G
plant begonias, and orchids in your hair.
Em C G
Continents all made of clay
Em C G
Dreamers leaving every day
Em C
To islands on the sea,
D G
lands I've never seen,
Em C D G
things will get calmer— follow me.
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Em D D/C#
You said a long long time ago
C
you were happy being someone
Em D D/C#
Let's go far far far from home
C
I'll be glad to be with someone
(Interlude)
G Em C G Em C F#m D Em C D
G Em C G
Someone told me you had oceans in your eyes
G Em C G
Cold as shadows over European skies
Em C G
Coasting out the shallow day
Em C G
Leaving London in decay
Em C
To islands on the sea,
D G
lands I've never seen,
Em C D G
things will get calmer— follow me.
Em D D/C#
You said a long long time ago
C
you were happy being someone
Em D D/C#
Let's go far far far from home
C
I'll be glad to be with someone
Em D D/C#
You said a long long time ago
C
you were happy being someone
Em D D/C#
Let's go far far far from home
C
I'll be glad to be with someone
Em D D/C#
You said a long long time ago
C
you were happy being someone
Em D D/C#
Let's go far far far from home
C
I'll be glad to be with someone
