| Am | |
| I have returned to the northern skies |
| Am | |
| where the summer had not touched |
| Am | |
| The clouds that pass above |
| Dm | |
| Oh, and | i have returned to the sombre grace |
| G | F | G | |
| Of the | days too | early to come and too | early to stay |
| D | |
| And I have left a million stars |
| G | |
| And an | ocean so lightly, so clearly blue |
| D | |
| And i have left the warmth of the sun |
| G | F | G | |
| And a | million | adventures | not yet begun |
| C | B | Am | |
| The great sense of passing through |
| Am | |
| The great sense of passing through |
| Dm | Gsus2 | C | B | Am | |
| The great sense of | passing through |
| Am | |
| Oh, | for once there was beauty here for me |
| D | |
| Under these white northern skies |
| Dm | |
| And i felt the green was blacker |
| Dm | |
| And the blue was darker still |
| G | |
| My r | oots are lying deeper than i ever think they will again |
| D | G | F | G | G | |
| Heartache and poesy, und | er th | ese nort | hern skies |
| C | Bm | Am | |
| The great sense of passing through |
| Am | |
| The great sense of passing through |
| Dm | G | C | Bm | Am | |
| The great sense of | passing throu | gh |
| Outro: Am D Dm G C |