Chords with lyrics
Verse 1: (Instrumental)
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D MajorD D BB A#A#
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D MajorD FF C majorC
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE
Verse 2:
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Goin' to Alaska Where the water runs clear as glass
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The home of the penguin
The walrus and Aurora Borealas--oh yes
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See my baby's heart is frozen She just don't treat me nice
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I'm gonna search out Santa Clause and ask his advice
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When I get up to Alaska maybe someone there'll treat me right
Verse 3:
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I will build me an igloo live alone in my dome of blues
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Buy me a low-mileage dogsled and some alligator snow shoes
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I hear six months a year you get night time all day
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I have to practice my harp to keep the polar bears away
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Way up in Alaska where the whales and the Eskimos play
Verse 4: (Guitar solo)
D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD D BB A#A#
A augmentedA A majorA
D MajorD FF C majorC
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE
Verse 5:
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If she treated me better man I'd be warm right now
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But my soul's condemned to shivers 'cause she thinks I'm running around
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So I sit here cryin' tears they freeze on my face
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If it gets any colder I'll be frozen in place
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In rock hard Alaska you're gonna be my home
Verse 6:
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Way up here to Alaska y'know the ground here is solid ice
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Way up here to Alaska y'know the ground here is solid ice
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Had to leave my old lady 'cause her heart is so cold
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When I get back from the north pole I’ll defrost her soul
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Way up in Alaska maybe someday she'll treat me right