North To Alaska chords by Johnny Horton (Ver. 2)

North To Alaska chords
Johnny Horton

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
C
North to Alaska,
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They're goin' north, the rush is on.

North to Alaska,
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they're goin' north, the rush is on.

    C                       G         C
Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92,
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With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too.
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They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold.
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Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome.

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Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below.
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He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow.
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With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of the midnight sun,
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Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one.

          C
Where the river is winding,
    F
Big nuggets they're finding.
C
North to Alaska,
              G                  C
They're goin' North, the rush is on.

       C
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
       G
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
C
North to Alaska,
              G                  C
They're goin' north, the rush is on.

North to Alaska,
              G                  C
they're goin' north, the rush is on.

C                             G           C
George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand,
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Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a lonely, lonely man.
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"I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land,
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"For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Ginnie's hand.

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"'Cos a man needs a woman to love him all the time.
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"Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find.
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"I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home.
                                      G                    C
"Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome."

          C
Where the river is winding,
    F
Big nuggets they're finding.
C
North to Alaska,
              G                  C
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
C
North to Alaska,
              G                  C
They're goin' North, the rush is on.

       C
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
       G
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
       C
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)


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