Northern Skies Tab

Yet more brilliance from I Am Kloot... the single Northern Skies from their Sky At Night album
 
Tuning: EADGBE
 
Capo 5th fret
 
The chords are G, C, Am, D, C/B
 
The fingering is correct here, the rhythm is obvious from the recording!
 
I've put the basic chord names above the tab and in the corresponding places over the lyrics!
 
VERSE
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Play this twice
 
   G                                  C
 
E-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-----0--------1-------0-------1----|----1-------1-------1-------1----|
G----0--0-----0--0----0--0----0--0--|---0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0--|
D---0----0---2----2--0----0--2----2-|--2----2--3----3--2----2--0----0-|
A-----------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E--3-------3--------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
 
Then (once)
 
   C    C/B
 
E------------|
B----1---1---|
G------------|
D------------|
A--3---2-----|
E------------|
 
into this 3 times
 
   Am              D                   Am              D
 
E---------------------2-------0------|--------------------2-------0------|
B-----1-------0------3--3----3--3----|----1-------0------3--3----3--3----|
G----2--2----2--2---2----2--2----2---|---2--2----2--2---2----2--2----2---|
D---2----2--2----2-0-------0-------0-|--2----2--2----2-0-------0-------0-|
A--0-------0-------------------------|-0-------0-------------------------|
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
 
REFRAIN
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Play this twice
 
   G                                  C
 
E-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-----0--------1-------0-------1----|----1-------1-------1-------1----|
G----0--0-----0--0----0--0----0--0--|---0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0--|
D---0----0---2----2--0----0--2----2-|--2----2--3----3--2----2--0----0-|
A-----------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E--3-------3--------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
 
Then this
 
   G
 
E-----------------------------------|
B-----0--------1-------0-------1----|
G----0--0-----0--0----0--0----0--0--|
D---0----0---2----2--0----0--2----2-|
A-----------------------------------|
E--3-------3--------3-------3-------|
 
VERSE 1
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G
Above there are no stars tonight
Just Northern Sky
 
                 C
Reflected light upon your face
 
     G
Some people think stars rule our lives
Some people they think otherwise
 
     C
That they can be replaced
 
      C/B     Am
Where did you go
 
                  D
On that big black night
 
                 Am
Did you take the coast road
 
                  D
Back through your life
 
                          Am
See the sand the moon the stars
That shine their light and say well
 
D
   They'll do alright for me
 
 
VERSE 2
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   G
We shroud our lives in mysteries
Moving stars and stormy seas
 
     C
If we have any sense
 
G
Storm clouds roll they're free to break
And we're free to make the same mistakes
 
C
Again and again
 
      C/B      Am
Where shall we go
 
                  D
On that big black night
 
                  Am
Shall we take the coast road
 
                 D
Back through our lives
 
                          Am
See the sand the moon the stars
 
                                    D
That shine their light and say well
 
                           G
They'll do alright without me
 
 
REFRAIN 1
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         C
Na na na Na na na
 
                  G
Na na Na na na na naaa
 
         C
Na na na Na na na
 
                  G
Na na Na na na na naaa
 
 
VERSE 3
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G
Above there are no stars tonight
Just Northern Skies
 
                  C
Reflected light on fields of snow
     G
Some people think stars rule our lives
Some people they think otherwise
 
         C
What does anybody know
 
      C/B     Am
Where shall I go
 
                  D
On that big black night
 
                 Am
Shall I take the coast road
 
                D
Back through my life
 
                          Am
See the sand the moon the stars
 
                                     D
That shine their light and say well
 
                       G
They'll do alright for me
 
 
REFRAIN 2
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         C
Na na na Na na na
 
                  G
Na na Na na na na naaa
 
         C
Na na na Na na na
 
                  G
Na na Na na na na naaa
 
 
VERSE 4
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      C/B     Am
Where shall I go
 
                  D
On that big black night
 
                 Am
Shall I take the coast road
 
                D
Back through my life
 
                          Am
See the sand the moon the stars
 
                                     D
That shine their light and say well
 
                       G
They'll do alright for me
 
 
REFRAIN 3
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         C
Na na na Na na na
 
                  G
Na na Na na na na naaa
 
         C
Na na na Na na na
 
                  G
Na na Na na na na naaa
 
 
CLOSE (verse pattern)
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G
See the stars in constellations
Sit beneath their congregations
 
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I hope I've done it justice!
 
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2010
 
watfordkev@gmail.com
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