Alaska chords by Cactus

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1: (Instrumental)
A
D D A A
D D B A#
A A
D F C
A F#m Bm E A F#m E




Verse 2:
D       D           A       A
Goin' to Alaska Where the water runs clear as glass
  D           D             B    A#
The home of the penguin
The walrus and Aurora Borealas--oh yes
    A                A
See my baby's heart is frozen She just don't treat me nice
     D              F     C
I'm gonna search out Santa Clause and ask his advice
    A     F#m     Bm        E    A  F#m  E
When I get up to Alaska maybe someone there'll treat me right

Verse 3:
    D         D            A   A
I will build me an igloo live alone in my dome of blues
     D              D       B   A#
Buy me a low-mileage dogsled and some alligator snow shoes
    A             A
I hear six months a year you get night time all day
     D              F      C
I have to practice my harp to keep the polar bears away
A     F#m       Bm       E    A   F#m E
Way up in Alaska where the whales and the Eskimos play

Verse 4: (Guitar solo)
D D A A
D D B A#
A A
D F C
A F#m Bm E A F#m E

Verse 5:
    D         D           A   A
If she treated me better man I'd be warm right now
    D                   D          B   A#
But my soul's condemned to shivers 'cause she thinks I'm running around
   A             A
So I sit here cryin' tears they freeze on my face
   D            F     C
If it gets any colder I'll be frozen in place
  A     F#m  Bm      E   A   F#m E
In rock hard Alaska you're gonna be my home

Verse 6:
    D             D          A   A
Way up here to Alaska y'know the ground here is solid ice
    D             D          B   A#
Way up here to Alaska y'know the ground here is solid ice
    A              A
Had to leave my old lady 'cause her heart is so cold
    D                 F      C
When I get back from the north pole I’ll defrost her soul
  A   F#m     Bm       E    A
Way up in Alaska maybe someday she'll treat me right