North Point Chords
North Point by Mike Oldfield is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Am, Bb, C, F and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Dm Am
Have you ever been to North Point
Dm Am
To spend your time and pray?
Dm Am Dm
The prison walls are dark and cold and grey.
Am
The writing on the wall at North Point
Dm Am
Speaks to a silent room.
Dm Am Dm
They shut the bars down, leave you to the gloom.
Bb C
How could we get any closer?
F
So high is the wire and the guards won't listen,
Bb C D
They won't believe me.
Bb C
And then it all came back.
F
Somewhere far above has a new day risen?
Bb C
Way beyond the searchlight,
D
Comes alive, comes alive.
Dm Am
Then on a bright day at North Point
Dm Am
The gate was open wide.
Dm Am Dm
They chanced to look at what was inside.
Am
There were a million stars at North Point,
Dm Am
And from the silent tomb,
Dm Am Dm
They took it to the heart and left for the moon.
Bb C
How could we get any closer?
F
So high is the wire and the guards won't listen,
Bb C D
They won't believe me.
Bb C
And then it all came back.
F
Somewhere far above has a new day risen?
Bb C
Way beyond the searchlight,
D
Comes alive, comes alive.
Dm Am
Have you ever been to North Point
Dm Am
To spend your time and pray?