Key: G
Introduction:
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, â??Going my way?â?
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
C G
The North Star
Em
Old men dream of nights like these
Pine trees swaying in the clear cool breeze
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 ainâ??t that hardy
C D
And Iâ??m not much good at mingling
Verse
G Bm
The wind blew, yeah, it was blowing
C G
And I said â??Baby, now where we going?â?
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
Weâ??re were listening to Marillion
C G
I screamed rock and rollâ??s resilient
C D
Then I started throwing up
Bridge
Em
Good times flash in the memory lane
Every second bandâ??s got an animal name
C G
The North Star
Em
Young men dream of nights like this
The clamour of the glamour or whatever it is
C G
The North Star
Verse
G Bm
Me and her we were meandering
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, â??Iâ??m the someone youâ??ve been seeking â??
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)
C D
Verse
G Bm
Love rattles on like a tambourine
C G
Every red lightâ??s gonna turn to green
C G
Lightning bolt from the sky could fly
C D
Iâ??m not gonna say goodbye
Ending
C G
The North Star