FOLLOWING MY COMPASS

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This file is for personal private use only. All copyright laws apply. Transcribed by Mary F. Ferrara. "Following My Compass" by Kristen Hall © 1994 Ludakris Music.

 

FOLLOWING MY COMPASS

CAPO 2

 

Am7          002010

 

Notes: D*-Slide the D chord down 2 frets, Talking your finger off the first string, and then slide back to a regular D chord. (This may be an alternate tuning song)

 

Intro: G-C-D-D*-G-C-D*

 

G      C         D
I am a navigator of the seas
G           C             D*
I built the ocean from my tears
G         C            D
I go whichever way the wind might blow
          Am                Am7             C                          
I've been drifting for what seems a hundred years

Am             C               D

Tragically not knowing I could steer
G              C                       D
The waves feel like a love I thought I knew
G         C                 D
I hold my breath while we ascend

    G       C             D
And love is nothing but a memory now
         Am            Am7             C
Like the port of every place I’ve ever been
        Am         C            D
And the sails feel like my only friend
G         C             D
I’ve been looking for a special place
G        C             D
Just for me and no one else
G          C               D
And if you want me you can find me
        Am             Am7            C
I’ll be crossing the Atlantic without charts
        Am          Am7             C
I’m the Ferdinand Magellan of these parts
 G       Am           C           

I’m just following my compass,

D                           G    C-D-D*-G-C-D-D*

Following my compass in the dark

 

 

The wind is with me under coral skies
And in my wake I leave behind
A trail of others who will never seek
And because they never seek they never find
And they argue that its all a waste of time
Today marks twenty years of endless seas
True I’m weathered from her storms
My sails are ragged but my sights are set
On the comfort of a more forgiving shore
And a life that's more worth living for