When It's Springtime In Alaska It's 40 Below Acoustic chords by Johnny Horton

INTRO: E A E

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

#2.
E                           B         E
As I walked in the door the music was clear.
E

The prettiest voice I had heard in two years.
E                               B
The song she was singin' made a man's blood run
E
cold.
E                                   A     E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.
(E                                   A     E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.)

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

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


INTERLUDE: E A E

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

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




A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.