North Dakota Chords
by Lyle Lovett
North Dakota by Lyle Lovett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Em, Am, Bm and Cadd9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C G C G C G C Em Am Bm Cadd9
Verse
C G
The boys from North Dakota
C G
They drink whisky for their fun
C G
And the cowboys down in Texas
C Em
They polish up their guns
Am Bm
And they look across the border
Cadd9
To learn the ways of love
C G
If you love me, say I love you
C G
If you love me, say I do
C G
If you love me, say I love you
C Em
If you love me, say I do
Am Bm
And you can say I love you
Cadd9
And you can say I do
Verse
C G C G
So I drank myself some whisky
C G C Em
And I dreamed I was a cowboy
Am Bm Cadd9
And I rode across the border
C G
If you love me, say I love you
C G
If you love me, take my hand
C G
If you love me, say I love you
C Em
If you love me, take my hand
Am Bm
And you can say I love you
Cadd9
And you can have my hand
Verse
C G
I remember in the mornings
C G
Waking up
C G C Em
With your arms around my head
Am Bm
You told me you can sleep forever
Cadd9
And I'll still hold you then
Verse
C G
Now the weather's getting colder
C G
Hell It's even cold down here
C G
And the words that you have told me
C Em
Hang frozen in the air
Am Bm
And sometimes I look right through them
Cadd9
As if they were not there
Verse
C G
And the boys from North Dakota
C G
They drink whisky for their fun
C G
And the cowboys down in Texas
C Em
They polish up their guns
Am Bm
And they look across the border
Cadd9
To learn the ways of love