Hole - Northern Star Chords & Tabs

Northern Star – Hole (Celebrity Skin)

Riff 1:  | F       C     | E       A       |
        e|---------------------------------|
        B|---------------------------------|
        G|---------------------1---2-------| (if strummed,
        D|-----3-------2-----------2--(2)--|  on lower strings)
        A|---3-------3-------2-----0----(0)|
        E|-1-----1-0-----0-0---------------|
           1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Riff 2:  | F       C     | E       A       |
        e|---------------------------------|
        B|-----1-------1-------0-----------|
        G|---3-------0-------1-----2-------| (if strummed,
        D|-3-----3-2-----2-2-------2-------|  on higher strings)
        A|---------------------------------|
        E|---------------------------------|
           1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

“G” Riff: (G Barre Chord)
        e|-----------------| * Proceeds Riff 1 in Chorus- *
        B|-----------------|
        G|-----------------| Note it, as song/shown,
        D|-----5-----5---5-| or just quick strum G chord
        A|---5-----5-------| - 8 short downstrokes, often only on E string,
        E|-3-----3-----3---|   actually sounds deeper and more eerie/cool
           1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &     to me.

INTRO:

|F  C  |E  A  |(Riff 1)
|F  C  |E  A  |(Riff 2)

VERSE 1:

Em                            |Am                          |
                         And I cry-y   and   no  one  can
Em                            |Am                          |
hear.              Inha........le,    the blinded eyes that
Em                            |Am                          |
see             the  cha.......os  bring  the pitiful  to
Em                            |Am             C            |
me.          Even though  I'm  wide awake,    I... ... ...
Em                            |Am             D            |
will  in  blackest night. And, I  wait   for  you.    It’s
Em                    D/F#           |Am         D         |
cold in here, there's no one left and I wait for you.   And
C                Em           |Am             D            |
nothing stops it happening and I... ... ...  knew.     I’d
C                Em           |F      C      |E      A     |
cherish all   my misery    a...lone.    (*Riff 1)

CHORUS:

         |-(G Riff)--|--------------(Riff 1)------------|
         |G //////// |F        C      |E        A       |
  (And I) wait...     staring  at the  northern star
         |G //////// |F        C      |E        A       |
 (I'm a-)-fraid...    it won't lead me a.....nywhere
         |G //////// |F        C      |E        A       |
(He's so) cold...     he will ruin the world tonight
         |G //////// |F        C      |E        A       |
(All the) angels...   kneel  into the  northern lights,
         |G //////// |F        C      |E        A       |
                      kneel  into the  frozen   lights.
Then:    |F     C    |E        A      |(Riff 2)

VERSE 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hole/northern_star_crd.html ]
Em                               |Am                            |
                         And they paid, I cry and cry for
Em                                   |Am                            |
you. Ghosts that haunt you with their sorrow I cried 'cause you were
Em                               |Am                            |
doomed. Praying to the wound that swallows all that's cold and
Em                               |Am            C               | 
cruel.            Can you see the tree.....s,   cha........rity
Em                             |
     and gratitude?       They
Am            D                |
run  to  the  pines.      It’s
Em             D/F#               |
black in here, blot out the sun and
Am            D                |
run  to  the  pines.      Our
C             Em               |
misery  runs  wild and free. And,
Am            D                |
I... ... ...  knew        the
C             Em               |(Riff 1)*
fire and  the ashes  of  his graves.

CHORUS:
              |F       C     |E        A          |(Riff 1)*
           (graves)                         And I..
|G (riff)     |F       C     |E        A          |(Riff 1)
 wait......... staring at the northern star.  I’m 
|G (riff)     |F        C       |E    A           |(Riff 1)
afraid........ it won't lead you very far.   He’s so
|G (riff)     |F       C      |E       A          |(Riff 1)
 cold......... he will win the world tonight. All the
|G (riff)     |F       C     |E      A            |(Riff 1)
 angels....... kneelin to the frozen lights.
|G (riff)     |F          C              |E        
     |(Riff 1)
               Feel their hearts, they're cold and white.
Then..
|F     C      |E       A       |(Riff 2)

BRIDGE:

E      C      |
E      C      |
Am     D      |
E      C      |
E      C      |
Am     D      |
G      E      | And...

VERSE 3: (picks up towards ends of previous verses – after Em-Am passes)

Am              D              |
I... wa.....nt  you!       And,
Em              D/F#           |
blessed are the broken     and,
Am              D              |
I  be........g  you,       no
C               Em             |
loneliness,  no misery     is
Am              D              |
worr........th  you.       Oh..
G                   Em              |(Riff 1)*
tear his heart out, cold as ice it’s mine!


CHORUS:
              |F       C     |E        A          |(Riff 1)*
            (mine!)                         And I..
|G (riff)     |F       C     |E        A          |(Riff 1)
 wait......... praying to the northern star.  I’m 
|G (riff)     |F        C       |E    A           |(Riff 1)
afraid........ it won't lead you any-where.   He’s so
|G (riff)     |F        C    |E       A           |(Riff 1)
 cold......... raining on the world tonight. All the
|G (riff)     |F       C     |E        A          |(Riff 1)
 angels....... kneelin to the northern lights. And I..
|G (riff)     |F       C     |E        A          |(Riff 1)
 pray......... begging to the northern star.  I’m 
|G (riff)     |F        C       |E    A           |(Riff 1)
afraid........ it won't lead you very far.   He’s so..
|G (riff)     |F       C       |E       A         |(Riff 1)
 cold......... he will rule the world tonight. All the..
|G (riff)     |F       C     |E        A          |(Riff 1)
 angels....... kneelin to the northern lights,
|G (riff)     |F       C     |E      A            |(Riff 1)
               kneelin to the frozen lights.
Then..
|F          C              |E         A         |(Riff 2)
|F          C              |E         A         |(Riff 1)
 Feel their hearts, they're cold  as  ice.
|F          C              |E         A*        |(Riff 2)