Northcote is the solo moniker of Matthew Goud, former member of Means and The Emerson Letters frontman. Born and raised on the prairies, Matthew has spent the last number of years touring around North America and has refined his rootsy, solo material in order to unveil Northcote's debut EP - "Borrowed Chords, Tired Eyes" due out later next month. Northcote has paired up with the Toronto-based independent label Black Box, home to artists such as The Wooden Sky, Shad and more, to release this EP off-stage and online only.
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Tntro, Chorus and Verse are fairly standard. Interesting post-chorus progression with chords but otherwise. Amazing song! I didn't see any tabs or chord charts up for this so please enjoy and email me with any errors you see. ***CHORD NAMES are most likely wrong, my apologies. I will tab the chords so you know exactly what to play. They will be displayed at the bottom.***
Intro: C2
Pre-Verse: C - Am - Gadd4
VERSE
Fadd9C I went tasting salty rain... Fadd9C Morning spirits in the foam... Fadd9F5C Gadd4 And in some strangers pain... - Or maybe joy, I was all dried up...
VERSE2
Fadd9C I went whistling in the hills... Fadd9C For you cloudy silver fire... Fadd9F5C Gadd4 My body tightened up with words... so I exhale, to loosen evil's power.
CHORUS
Fadd9C When you're ready, I'll be ready Fadd9C Gadd4 'Cause I've been workin', I've been workin' for this Fadd9C Yeah, the winds have scattered many Fadd9C Gadd4 It's been driftin' us, driftin' us away...
(Post-chorus chords) (Interesting timing, listen to the song for this.) Ohhhh - Fadd9, C - Em6th Fadd9, E - Esus4
This is the short fill played after nearly each line in the verses: ---> ---> e|--3-----------------3--] B|--1-----------------1--] G|--0----0h2p0------0h2--] D|--2----------2p0--0h3--] A|--3--3-----------------] E|-----------------------]
VERSE3 So who are you working for? The kingdoms or the bottle... Some status or a one-night stand for the love of your life? The bill's in your hand... CHORUS When you're ready, I'll be ready 'Cause I've been workin', I've been workin' for this.. Yeah the winds have scattered many, It's been driftin us', driftin' us away.
Now you know! Each verse and chorus is the same. Song progresses as so: Intro Verse1 Verse2 Chorus Verse3 Outro (The Song's outro is entirely composed of the post-chorus chord progression, and then is finished off with a gentle picking/strumming of Gadd4, followed by a final strum of the Fadd9.)
Chords Used - I realize I have probably named most of these wrong. I figured this song out completely by ear, so PLEASE email me the correct chord names if need be. Thank you and enjoy!