Emmy the Great - North

There's a ^Fplace I'm gonna leave to ^FWhen all this questioning is through I'm gonna ^Bbset my course to somewhere further North ^BbThan my eyes have ever viewed

And though I ^Fknow that the thought proceeds me ^FI know that others seek it too But when I g^Bbet where the needle leads me ^BbWell I swear, and I swear, you'll never lead me away again ^{F Am}

And in the t^Fime when the peace of islands ^FWas first by human hand disturbed They built their h^Bbouses and they said obedience ^BbWas all the lives of men were worth

And in the s^Fhadow of the temperance ^FThey laid boundaries in the dirt And when the d^Bboor had a narrow entrance ^BbWith their hands on their shirts they would pray for the non-believers^F

^DbAnd there's a place called North And they're ^Fmgathering there to sing And I k^Cnock three times and beg them But they w^Fmill not let me in ^DbAnd "Oh, my girl" they say "You're the ^Fmcarrier to no gain" But I ^Clay, what I can, somewhere North of this and Would you turn me away again?^{F Am}

And do you ^Fgo where the needle leads to ^FAnd when you get there will you change? Out where the ^Bbnights are soft ^BbAnd now you go because you think that Paradise should be tamed

And how you ^Flive is by a map of humanity ^FAnd now you grip it 'cause you think that it saves But I've s^Bbeen what you see, it looks different to me ^BbI see lights to the shore and all these hearts beating other r^Fhythms Now they ^Bbdie to be born And all their mysteries are dying with ^Fthem

^DbAnd there's a place called North And you're g^Fmathering there to sing And I k^Cnock three times and beg you But you w^Fmill not let me in ^DbBut though I love so hard Now I'm the ^Fmcarrier to this gate And I l^Cay, what I can, somewhere North of us and Would you turn me away again? ^{Bb Fm}

^DbAnd would these winds would lift And they ^Fmcarry me to your door And I ^Cknock three times and tell you I can't h^Fmelp where I was born ^DbBut don't I love enough Isn't ^Fmholiness where it forms? If I t^Cake, what I have, to the North Is there room on your piece of Heaven?^{Bb Fm}

Oh would you turn me away aga^Fin?