When Its Springtime In Alaska Its 40 Below Acoustic chords by Johnny Horton

Chords with lyrics

INTRO: E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE

#1.
E MajorE                  BB
I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard
  E MajorE
of snow.
BB      E MajorE      BB      E MajorE
Been out prospecting for two years or so.
E MajorE             BB     E MajorE
Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a-boom.
E MajorE                 A augmentedA    E MajorE
So, I took a little stroll to the Red Dog saloon.

#2.
E MajorE              BB     E MajorE
As I walked in the door the music was clear.
E MajorE
The prettiest voice I had heard in two years.
E MajorE                BB
The song she was singin' made a man's blood run
E MajorE
cold.
E MajorE                  A augmentedA   E MajorE
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.
(E MajorE                  A augmentedA   E MajorE
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.)

#3.
E MajorE               BB     E MajorE
It was red headed Lil who was singin' so sweet.
E MajorE     BB    E MajorE
I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet.
BB E MajorE              BB      E MajorE
I reached for the gal who was singin' the tune.
      BB   E MajorE    A augmentedA     E MajorE
We did the Eskimo hop all around the saloon.

#4.
E MajorE                BB      E MajorE
Where the caribou crawl and the grizzly bear hug.
E MajorE
We did our dance on a Kodiak rug.
E MajorE                BB
The song she kept singing made a man's blood run
E MajorE
cold.
E MajorE                  A augmentedA   E MajorE
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.


INTERLUDE: E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE

#5.
E MajorE         BB     E MajorE
I was as innocent as I could be, I didn't know Lil
    BB      E MajorE
was big Ed's wife to be.
E MajorE
He took out his knife and he gave it a throw.
E MajorE                   A augmentedA     E MajorE
When it's springtime in Alaska I'll be six feet below.

OUTRO:
 E MajorE                    A augmentedA     E MajorE
(When it's springtime in Alaska he'll be six feet below.)



A augmentedA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.