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