[Verse 1]
 
A
If you're listening to this song
                                   Bm
You may think the chords are going wrong
            E
But they're not
                      D
He just wrote it like that.
 
[Verse 2]
 
A
When you're listening late at night
                                     Bm
You may think the band are not quite right
         E                           D
But they are, they just play it like that
 
[Chorus 1]
 
       E              Bm          G      C#
And it doesn't really matter what chords I play
     F#
What words I say
   Bm             F#
Or time of day it is
          D    A       E
As it's only a Northern song
 
[Instrumental 1]
(Played with the Verse rhythm)
 
A   Bm   E   D
 
[Chorus 2]
 
   E              Bm          G       C#
It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear
   F#
Or how I fare
   Bm            F#
Or if my hair is brown
            D    A        E
When it's only a Northern song.
 
[Verse 3]
 
A
If you think the harmony
                            Bm
Is a little dark and out of key
       E                       D
You're correct, there's nobody there.
 
[Instrumental 2]
(Played with the Chorus rhythm)
 
E   Bm   G   C#   F#   Bm   F#
 
[Outro]
 
      D                A      E
And I told you there's no one there