Northern Star
Danny Michel · C
Northern Star
Danny Michel
Other
Real Key
C
Rate
Real Key
C
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C
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
Verse 1
[C] [F] [C]
Bob sang “Get up stand up, stand up for your rights”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [G]
Bragg sang for the unions, for the workers to unite
[C] [F] [C]
And “The Times They Are A-Changin”, so “Take it from Dr. King”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [C]
“I Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City” until every voice can sing
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Climb in your rocket ship and fly off to Mars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Take all your money and buy all the stars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
But we ain't for sale like one of your cars
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
Riff
e|--3--0--3--5-----3--3--3--1--0-|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Verse 2
[C] [F] [C]
“This machine kills fascists” like Woody wrote so well
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [G]
Joe sang “Guns of Brixton”, “Spanish Bombs” & “Straight to Hell”
[C] [F] [C]
“Black Boys on Mopeds” Sinead stood and fought
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [C]
Joni cried when they “paved paradise and put up a parking lot”
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Climb in your rocket ship and fly off to Mars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Take all your money and buy all the stars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
But we ain't for sale like one of your cars
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
Riff
e|--3--0--3--5-----3--3--3--1--0-|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Bridge
[F] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [G]
When the world is lost and your rights are wronged
[F] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [G]
Sing me a protest song
[F] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [G]
Go on, throw me a rope under Northern Lights & some words of hope
[F] [Am] [G]
‘Cause when the singer’s gone the song echoes on
Verse 3
[C] [F] [C]
Johnny played Folsom prison, Lennon sang “Attica State”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [G]
Baez sung “We Shall Overcome” & crush all seeds of hate
[C] [F] [C]
Chuck D sang “Fight The Power”, and Chapman “Born to Fight”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [C]
“If I Had a Rocket Launcher” like Cockburn felt that night
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Climb in your rocket ship and fly off to Mars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Take all your money and buy all the stars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
But we ain't for sale like one of your cars
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
Riff
e|--3--0--3--5-----3--3--3--1--0--------3--0--3--5-----3--3--3--1--0-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords Used (10)
Guitar
Ukulele
C
1 / 4
F
1 / 5
G/B
1 / 5
Am
1 / 4
C/G
1 / 4
G
1 / 5
Am/G#
1 / 4
Am/G
1 / 4
Am/F#
1 / 4
Csus
1 / 4
Song Info
Real Key
C
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