North Chords & Lyrics - Emmy The Great

[INTRO]
[Db] [F] [C] [C]

[VERSE]
There's a [F]place I'm gonna leave to
[F]When all this questioning is through
I'm gonna [Bb]set my course to somewhere further North
[Bb]Than my eyes have ever viewed

And though I [F]know that the thought proceeds me
[F]I know that others seek it too
But when I g[Bb]et where the needle leads me
[Bb]Well I swear, and I swear, you'll never lead me away again [F] [Am]

And in the t[F]ime when the peace of islands
[F]Was first by human hand disturbed
They built their h[Bb]ouses and they said obedience
[Bb]Was all the lives of men were worth

And in the s[F]hadow of the temperance
[F]They laid boundaries in the dirt
And when the d[Bb]oor had a narrow entrance
[Bb]With their hands on their shirts they would pray for the non-believers[F]

[CHORUS]
[Db]And there's a place called North
And they're [Fm]gathering there to sing
And I k[C]nock three times and beg them
But they w[Fm]ill not let me in
[Db]And "Oh, my girl" they say
"You're the [Fm]carrier to no gain"
But I [C]lay, what I can, somewhere North of this and
Would you turn me away again?[F] [Am]

[VERSE]
And do you [F]go where the needle leads to
[F]And when you get there will you change?
Out where the [Bb]nights are soft
[Bb]And now you go because you think that Paradise should be tamed

And how you [F]live is by a map of humanity
[F]And now you grip it 'cause you think that it saves
But I've s[Bb]een what you see, it looks different to me
[Bb]I see lights to the shore and all these hearts beating other r[F]hythms
Now they [Bb]die to be born
And all their mysteries are dying with [F]them

[CHORUS]
[Db]And there's a place called North
And you're g[Fm]athering there to sing
And I k[C]nock three times and beg you
But you w[Fm]ill not let me in
[Db]But though I love so hard
Now I'm the [Fm]carrier to this gate
And I l[C]ay, what I can, somewhere North of us and
Would you turn me away again? [Bb] [Fm]

[Bb] [Fm]

[Db]And would these winds would lift
And they [Fm]carry me to your door
And I [C]knock three times and tell you
I can't h[Fm]elp where I was born
[Db]But don't I love enough
Isn't [Fm]holiness where it forms?
If I t[C]ake, what I have, to the North
Is there room on your piece of Heaven?[Bb] [Fm]

[Bb] [Fm]
[Bb] [Fm]
[Bb] [C]
Oh would you turn me away aga[F]in?