Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1:G+G
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D MajorD I took time to write to my old friend
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D MajorD I walked across that burning bridge
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D MajorD I mailed my letter off to Dallas
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D MajorD but her reply came from Anchorage, Alaska Verse 2:
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D MajorD She said hey girl, it's about time you wrote
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D MajorD It's been over two years my old friend
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D MajorD Take me back to the days of foreign telegrams
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D MajorD And the all night rock and rolling
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D MajorD Hey 'Chel we were wild then
Chorus 1:G+G
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D MajorD Hey 'Chel, you know it's kind of funny
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D MajorD Texas always seemed so big
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D MajorD But you know you're in the largest state in the union
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D MajorD When you're anchored down in Anchorage Verse 3:
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D MajorD Hey girl, I think the last time I saw you
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D MajorD Was on me and Leroy's wedding day
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D MajorD What was the name of that love song you played
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D MajorD I forgot how it goes, I don't recall how it goes Instrumental:
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D MajorD
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D MajorD Anchorage
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D MajorD Anchored down in Anchorage
Verse 4:G+G
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D MajorD Leroy got a better job so we moved
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D MajorD Kevin lost as tooth, he's started school
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D MajorD I've got a brand new eight month baby girl
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D MajorD I sound like a housewife
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D MajorD Hey 'Chel, I think I'm a housewife Verse 5:
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D MajorD Hey girl, what's it like to be in New York City
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D MajorD New York city, Imagine that
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D MajorD What's it like to be a skateboard punk rocker?
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D MajorD Leroy says send a picture
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D MajorD Leroy says hello
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D MajorD Leroy says hey keep on rocking, girl
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D MajorD Yeh, keep on rocking Chorus 2:
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D MajorD Hey 'Chel, you know it's kind of funny
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D MajorD Texas always seemed so big
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D MajorD But you know you're in the largest state in the union
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D MajorD When you're anchored down in Anchorage
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D MajorD Anchorage
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D MajorD Anchored down in Anchorage fade to end:
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Anchorage' by Michelle Shocked, artist. Michelle Shocked was born in 1962.