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True North Accostic

Bad Religion

RockAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
CmDiagram coming soon
F
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: G       G      Cm    F    D          
 
 
Verse: 
G                Cm   F D 
Unrepentant vagabond. 
G                            Cm           F  D 
Plot the new coordinates and cast the map aside. 
G                Cm   F D 
Now I gotta ramble on, 
G                            Cm           F  D 
Navigate the pitfalls and cross the great divide. 
 
Bridge: 
Cm                        F  
The mapmaker's legend has direction and a key. 
Cm                               D            
He set the declination, but what good is it to me? 
 
 
Chorus: 
G                    Cm          F                      D 
I can't see the rationality. The world's not my responsibility. 
    G               Cm                F                             D 
And happiness isn't there for me, but maybe I'll inch closer to the source 
Cm     D         G    Cm   F   D                     G 
When I find true north.............With or without a friend. 
Cm             F        D        G G G         
Keep searching till the end. 
 
Verse: 
G                Cm   F D 
Testing fate and cheating death. 
G                            Cm           F  D 
No one ever told me it was gonna be like this. 
G                Cm   F D 
Contemplate the randomness. 
G                            Cm           F  D 
When the mind is willing, it gets downright perilous. 
 
Bridge: 
Cm                              F 
Overburdened, underwhelmed, their ethical decrees. 
Cm                                   D 
That's your moral compass, but what good is it to me? 
 
Chorus: Repeat 
Cm     F         G G G
When I find true north. 
          
 

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Chord set

G · Cm · F · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.