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Northern Skies Tab

by Paolo Nutini


this is the tab to northern skies, the extended bit after alloway grove on the album 
streets. couldnt find a tab for it so i thought id put one up for ne1 looking for it. enjoy

All chords are open chords. Play the root note of each chord, then pick the three 
below that, ascending and descending.

in the case of D(add G), it is a transition from D to G, so hammer the G on the E string 
going from D to G

in the case of G to F# to Em, play the root note of G then the A and D string as u would 
normal G chord, Play the F# note on the E string and then play the A and D strings 
then PLay the Em as standard as you move from G to Em

Intro: 


I have returned to the northern skies

where the summer had not touched

The clouds that pass above
       
Oh, and i have returned to the sombre grace
                                    
Of the days too early to come and too early to stay
    
And I have left a million stars
       
And an ocean so lightly, so clearly blue
    
And i have left the warmth of the sun
                                     (add )
And a million adventures not yet begun
                                     
The great sense of passing through

The great sense of passing through
                             
The great sense of passing through
    
Oh, for once there was beauty here for me

Under these white northern skies

And i felt the green was blacker

And the blue was darker still
    
My roots are lying deeper than i ever think they will again
                                             (add )
Heartache and poverty, under these northern skies
                                   
The great sense of passing through

The great sense of passing through
                                 
The great sense of passing through

Outro: