Magnetic North

Alestorm

MetalAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

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

F#mDiagram coming soon

F#Diagram coming soon

BDiagram coming soon

C#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro F#m  A  E  F#m 
 
    F#m 
The snow fell hard 
         A 
On the frozen sea 
       E 
As the night 
            F#m 
Swarmed all around 
    F#m 
With no moon to 
           A 
Guide our passage north 
      E 
This corpse of mine 
    F#m 
May never be found 
 
( F#m  A  E  F#m ) 
 
F#        A 
30 days into this 
 
Dead mans quest 
E 
In search of riches 
     F# 
In a time lost treasure chest 
F# 
Through oceans never seen 
         A 
Through fog as thick as night 
E 
To the northern wastelands 
F# 
Onwards we must fight 
F#              E 
Far beyond the ice and snow 
     B             C# 
Our voyage carries on 
     F#m                E 
For blood and gold, we sold our souls 
   B                  C# 
Redemption lies at magnetic north 
F#m    A     E   F#m 
    Hey, hey, hey, hey 
F#m    A     E   F#m 
    Hey, hey, hey, hey 
F#m                    E 
Set the course for magnetic north 
B                     C# 
Beyond the snow to magnetic north 
F#m                  E 
On the quest for magnetic north 
B                 C#     D 
We will die at magnetic north 
F#          C 
Sold a lie, condemned to die 
F#            C 
Empty promise encased in ice 
F#               C 
One by one, our time has come 
F#            E          C 
Death awaits before the sun 
     F#                   A 
The snow fell hard on a frozen sea 
        E              F#m 
As the sun rose to the sky 
F#m                     A 
Trapped forever in the sea of ice 
E                      F#m 
This is the place where we will die 
 
( F#m  A  E  F# ) 
 
F#             E 
Far beyond the ice and snow 
     B             C# 
Our voyage carries on 
    F#m                 E 
For blood and gold, we sold our souls 
   B                  C# 
Redemption lies at magnetic north 
F#             E 
Far beyond the ice and snow 
     B             C# 
Our voyage carries on 
    F#m                 E 
For blood and gold, we sold our souls 
   B                   C# 
Redemption lies at magnetic north 
F#m    A     E   F#m 
    Hey, hey, hey, hey 
F#m    A     E   F#m 
    Hey, hey, hey, hey 
F#m                    E 
Set the course for magnetic north 
B                     C# 
Beyond the snow to magnetic north 
F#m                  E 
On the quest for magnetic north 
B                 C# 
We will die at magnetic north 
F#m                    E 
Set the course for magnetic north 
B                     C# 
Beyond the snow to magnetic north 
F#m                  E 
On the quest for magnetic north 
B                 C# 
We will die at magnetic north 
 
Final F#m  A  E  F#m

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Chord set

F#m · A · E · F# · B · C# · D · C

Practice tip

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