Alaska chords by Cactus

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1: (Instrumental)
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D MajorD D A augmentedA A majorA
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:
D MajorD       D MajorD           A augmentedA       A augmentedA
Goin' to Alaska Where the water runs clear as glass
  D MajorD           D MajorD             BB    A#A#
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
     D MajorD              FF     C majorC
I'm gonna search out Santa Clause and ask his advice
    A augmentedA     F# minorF#m     B minorBm        E MajorE    A augmentedA  F# minorF#m  E MajorE
When I get up to Alaska maybe someone there'll treat me right

Verse 3:
    D MajorD         D MajorD            A augmentedA   A augmentedA
I will build me an igloo live alone in my dome of blues
     D MajorD              D MajorD       BB   A#A#
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
     D MajorD              FF      C majorC
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:
    D MajorD         D MajorD           A augmentedA   A augmentedA
If she treated me better man I'd be warm right now
    D MajorD                   D MajorD          BB   A#A#
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
   D MajorD            FF     C majorC
If it gets any colder I'll be frozen in place
  A augmentedA     F# minorF#m  B minorBm      E MajorE   A augmentedA   F# minorF#m E MajorE
In rock hard Alaska you're gonna be my home

Verse 6:
    D MajorD             D MajorD          A augmentedA   A augmentedA
Way up here to Alaska y'know the ground here is solid ice
    D MajorD             D MajorD          BB   A#A#
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
    D MajorD                 FF      C majorC
When I get back from the north pole I’ll defrost her soul
  A augmentedA   F# minorF#m     B minorBm       E MajorE    A augmentedA
Way up in Alaska maybe someday she'll treat me right