Joel Plaskett North Star chords

North Star by Joel Plaskett

North Star - Joel Plaskett Emergency

The chords are pretty straightforward. Basically only two different parts - verse and bridge. You can add some
fancy stuff in if you are so inclined.

Verse
       G              Bm
Getting warm, getting warmer
       C              G
Getting closer to the answer
      C               G   
I was working on my grammar
      C             D
I was driving in my Chevy

Verse
G              Bm
It was fast, but not the fastest
C              G
I was listening to Cactus
C              G
Man you really gotta practice
C              D
If you wanna get that heavy

Verse
G              Bm
She was there, on the highway
C              G
And her eyes said, “Going my way?”
C              G
And I loved her in an instant
C              D
Like a Turkish cymbal crashes

Verse
G              Bm
Getting high and getting higher
C              G
Was it smoke or true desire?
C              G
Did we start that forest fire?
C              D
As we flicked away the ashes

Bridge
Em
Headlights flash in the passing lane

Trying to fill the tank with a little loose change

Staring at the sky wondering where you are
    C     G
The North Star
Em
Old men dream of nights like these

Pine trees swaying in the clear cool breeze

Looking at your life from a moving car
    C     G
The North Star

Verse
G              Bm
It got dark, it got darker
C              G
I got high on a permanent marker
C              G
Man, I felt like Peter Parker
C              D
And my spidey sense was tingling

Verse
G              Bm
I fell apart, at the party
C              G
Drinking red wine and Bacardi
C              G
My constitution ain’t that hardy
C              D
And I’m not much good at mingling

Verse
G              Bm
The wind blew, yeah, it was blowing
C              G
And I said “Baby, now where we going?”
C              G
A rooster started crowing
C              D
And the sun was coming up

Verse
G              Bm
And the dawn, it was brilliant
C              G
We’re were listening to Marillion
C              G
I screamed rock and roll’s resilient
C              D
Then I started throwing up

Bridge
Em
Good times flash in the memory lane

Every second band’s got an animal name

Loading our your gear from an empty bar
    C     G
The North Star
Em
Young men dream of nights like this

The clamour of the glamour or whatever it is

Looking in the mirror wondering who you are
    C     G
The North Star

Verse
G              Bm
Me and her we were meandering
C              G
C              G
(solo)
C              D
I was spinning round her curves

Verse
G              Bm
I was blind, cause she was blinding
C              G
While the mix tape was rewinding
C              G
I was busy stone cold rhyming
C              D
I was getting on her nerves

Verse
G              Bm
Then she spoke, so she was speaking
C              G
Said, “I’m the someone you’ve been seeking “
C              G
The odometer was freaking
C              D
We was driving my Chevy

Verse
G              Bm
Half a mil, half a million
C              G
We were listening to Neil Young
C              G
Man, you gotta shoot to kill em
C              D
If you wanna get that heavy

Instrumental (same as verse)
G              Bm
C              G
C              G
C              D

Verse
G              Bm
Love rattles on like a tambourine
C              G
Every red light’s gonna turn to green
C              G
Lightning bolt from the sky could fly
C              D
I’m not gonna say goodbye

Ending
G              Bm
C              G
C              G
C              D
      C     G
The   North Star