True North

Capo 2 or Capo 3
Note: You can play the recurring two bars of Em by switching to Esus4 and Emadd9.
|Em Esus4 Em|Em Emadd9 Em|
Chords:
Em 022000    Cadd9 032030   Emsus4 022200   Emadd9 024000  Am x02210
Em
Em        Cadd9
   They say it's a cold place
        Cadd9
Icy and grey
With a wind that cuts through
           Em     Em
Marrow and bone
       Cadd9
I've heard the earth cracks open wide
Cadd9
    Before your eyes and might
            Em   Em
Swallow you whole
       Cadd9
They say you can get lost for days
      Cadd9              Em   Em
In landscapes of big emotions
         Cadd9
In the endless night when the sun doesn't care
   Cadd9                          Em    Em
To crawl out of bed behind the oceans
             Cadd9
We never learned to use a compass
         Cadd9
We never learned to read these maps
              Em
We always yearned for far-off countries
         Em
We never found a straight way back
                Am
And it's a miracle
      Am
A miracle
                  Em Cadd9
  We found true north
      Em  Cadd9
 True north
      Em  Am Cadd9
 True north
Em
Em        Cadd9
   They say it's an old place
             Cadd9
With ancient tales
Of violence and war
             Em   Em
Passion and soul
         Cadd9
But I've seen the West bleed into the East
        Cadd9
Like a slow breeze
                    Em  Em
Blowing ripples of hope
       Cadd9
And I know I could get lost for life
  Cadd9                    Em   Em
Inside these stories I've heard
      Cadd9
'Cause it all just shows that what we know
            Cadd9                                Em Em
Is just the tip, the tip, the tip of the iceberg
          Cadd9
We never learned to use a compass
          Cadd9
We never learned to read these maps
              Em
We always yearned for far-off countries
         Em
We never found a straight way back
                Am
And it's a miracle
       Am
A miracle
              Em  Cadd9
We found true north
     Em Cadd9
True north
    Am       Cadd9 Em
        True

Tabbed in December 2012.    Hope you enjoy it.  Joern