Northern Lights

Guitar Chords

(Michael Dunford/Betty Thatcher)
© 1978 Blue Disque Music Co.
From the Sire Records LP A Song For All Seasons
B/E    F#m7/C#    B/E  E  B/E    A/E  B/E  E  B/E  A/E  B/E

  E           B/E            A/E              B/E           
Destination outward bound,I turn to see the northern lights 

  E            B/E    A/E   B/E
behind the wing.

  E                B/E         A/E               B/E
Horizons seem to beckon me.  Learned how to cry too young,

           E       B/E   A/E   B/E
so now I live to sing.

 E      B/D#    A/C#       B     E/G#      B/F#    A       B
The northern lights are in my mind, they guide me back to you.

   E               B/E        A/E       B/E
Horizons seem to beckon me. Learned how to cry too young,

           E       B/E    A/E    B/E
so now I live to sing.

  D/F#            Em/G            D                 Em/G
Though it's hard away from you,traveling roads and passing through,

      C                      G            D       A
it's not for money and it's not for fame. I just can't explain,

D                A       F           C     D           A
sometimes it's lonely. Marking the space between the days.

 D      A    G    A       F       C        D       A
Early hours pass away, I sing to you of northern lights, I

 D    A            G       A    B    F#m7    B7    F3m7
sing for you of northern nights.

 E                B/E            A/E             B/E
Past or future, here or there, shelter comes in words from you,

    E       B/E    A/E    B/E     E                     B/E
so talk to me.                 I hear your voice, it comforts me.

      A/E              B/E              E         B/E   A/E   B/E
In morning dreams I take your hand,you walk with me.

E     B/D#        A/C#     B    E/G#       B/F#       A    B 
The northern lights are in my mind, they guide me back to you.

 E                  B/E             A/E            B/E 
Peace enfolds the still night air. Home again, I look for you and

 E         B/E    A/E    B/E      D/F#         Em/G
find you there.                 Destination homeward now.

 D                  Em/G            C                  G
Take the easy way, bring me down. Making the hard way now,I see.

 D           A           D               A
Hard to be really free. I'm missing you near me.

 F            C     D          A     D      A    G     A
Marking the space between the days. Early hours pass away.

    F      C        D       A        D       A        G       A  
I sing to you of northern lights.I sing for you of northern nights.

E        B/D#    A/C#     B      E/G#      B/F#       A    B 
The northern lights are in my mind, they guide me back to you.

 E       B/D#    A/C#     B      E/G#      B/F#       A    B
The northern nights are in my eyes, they guide me back to you.

F#m7/C#    B    E   (repeat last two verses and fade)