Alaska Or Bust chords by Andrew Peterson

Alaska or Bust
By Andrew Peterson

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NO CAPO

V1:
G                             Am
Margie, won't you listen to an old man's wish?
           Bm                          C
Well, They say it's mighty pretty in Alaska
    G                              Am
My daddy used to talk about those deep-sea fish
           Bm                                 C
So there's something, darling, that I want to ask you
                     G   C
So don't you turn me down
            G   C
Don't start now

V2:
       G                              Am
In the morning we would listen to the cattle calling
  Bm                  C
Lowing in the lands of Okeechobee
           G                                 Am
Where it's flatter than the cardboard on the carport floor
        Bm                                   C
And the cattails seem to wave just like they know me
           F
Ah, but Enoch in the tackle shop
     D              C
Goes on about the salmon caught
     B/G                              C2
The time he and his brother sailed to Juneau


CHORUS
       C               D
So get in, I'll do the drive
     C                               G
Your bag?s already packed and in the truck
              C                  D
So Margie get in, put down those dishes
    Am                              C C#/C
The town will see us go if we're in luck
   D                      G     C    G    C
So come on it's Alaska or bust

V3:
          G                                    Am
I've been holding down this farm that daddy left me, darling
    Bm                              C
The kids have married off and moved away
        G                              Am
And the doctor says I'm healthy for an old man dying
    Bm                              C
I'm well enough to seize a few more days


CHORUS 2
       C               D
So get in, I'll do the drive
     C                               G
Your bag?s already packed and in the truck
              C                   D
So Margie get in, these bones are dry
          Am              Bm                C C#/C
I've been running but the cancer's catching up
   D                       G  C  G  C
So come on, it's Alaska or bust

V4:
           G                             Am
There were days when I imagined that the clouds were mountains
Bm                         C
Towering above the rolling ocean
          G
And I was sailing on my tractor
        Am
Turning hay out in the pasture
         Bm                           C
Catching salmon of my own while I was mowing


CHORUS 3
       C               D
So get in, I'll do the drive
     C                               G
Your bag?s already packed and in the truck
              C                    E
So Margie get in, there's not much time
          Am              Bm                C
I've been running but the cancer's catching up
Am                   Bm             C C#/C
The town will see us go if we're in luck
   D                       G
So come on, it's Alaska or bust
C         G
Alaska or bust
   C                 G
So don't you turn me down
C           G
Don't start now


Listen to the song for picking and hammer-ons. Pretty simple.