Heading South On The Great North Road chords by Sting

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
Em    Bm   C    D
Many have gone before us now
C     Am     C    D
Many have tried and failed somehow
Em   Bm     C      D
Many a soul on the Queen’s highway
   C   Am     D   Bm
Where many a tail light glowed
     Am    Bm C   D
With the promise of a better life
      Am  Bm   C   Bm  C Bm  Am Bm   C   Bm
Heading South on the Great North Road  South on the Great North Road

Interlude:
Em Bm C D  C Am C D  Em Bm C D  C Bm Em

Verse:
Em      Bm    C   D
And only the dark we left behind
   C    Am   C   D
Will chase us as the road unwinds
 C   Bm    C   D
Out of sight is out of mind
   C   Am     D   Bm
With many a debt still owed
     Am  Bm   C    D
And the promise of a different life
      Am  Bm   C   Bm  C Bm  Am Bm   C   Bm
Heading South on the Great North Road  South on the Great North Road

Interlude:
Em Bm C D  C Bm Em

Verse:
   C   Bm    C  D
And many a dog went wandering
  C    Am    D  Bm
To sup on fortune’s dregs
   C   Bm    C    D
And many a dog came straggling home
   C   F#     Bm
His tail between his sorry legs