Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Verse 1:
A augmentedA BB E MajorE A augmentedA
I'm long gone to the Yukon boys
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Cause the Yukon's calling for me
E MajorE
Well brother I just got your note this mornin'
BB
And ya tell me that you've found a little gold
E MajorE A augmentedA
And before another day is done
BB E MajorE
On that long northern train I'm gonna roll
🎸 Verse 2:
E MajorE
I can see a little cabin by the mountains
BB
I'll soon be there to share the gold with you
E MajorE A augmentedA
Cause I want to live a life like Robert Service
BB E MajorE
Old Sam McGee and Dangerous Dan McGrew
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
Cause I'm long gone to the Yukon
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
Those northern lights I want to see
A augmentedA BB E MajorE A augmentedA
I'm long, long gone to the Yukon boys
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Cause the Yukon's calling for me
BB E MajorE
Yeah the Yukon's calling for me
🎸 Verse 3:
E MajorE
Where the wind along the river will be music
BB
And the midnight sun is aways riding low
E MajorE A augmentedA
I'll paddle my canoe along the Klondike
BB E MajorE
I'll pan the gold and be a sour dough
🎸 Verse 4:
E MajorE
And when I pull into Dawson City, Yukon
BB
I'll be heading for the Diamond Lil Saloon
E MajorE A augmentedA
I'll gamble to a honky tonk piano
BB E MajorE
And I'll chase the dancin' girls around the room
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
Cause I'm long gone to the Yukon
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
Those northern lights I want to see
A augmentedA BB E MajorE A augmentedA
I'm long, long gone to the Yukon boys
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Cause the Yukon's calling for me
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Yeah the Yukon's calling for me
🎸 Verse 5:
E MajorE
Well they say once you've heard those mystic voices
BB
On the silence of the north you can't return
E MajorE A augmentedA
Now I hear that lonsome timber wolf a callin'
BB E MajorE
By the fire where I watched the banic burn
🎸 Verse 6:
E MajorE
Now it won't be long before I'm Pickin' nuggets
BB
My brother says they're lyin' everywhere
E MajorE A augmentedA
My boss is gonna want to be my butler
BB E MajorE
Cause when I come back I'll be a millionaire
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
I'm long gone to the Yukon
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
Those northern lights I want to see
A augmentedA BB E MajorE A augmentedA
I'm long, long gone to the Yukon boys
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Cause the Yukon's calling for me
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Yeah the Yukon's calling for me
🎸 Outro:
E MajorE BB E MajorE
The Yukon's calling for me
E MajorE BB E MajorE
The Yukon's calling for me
E MajorE BB E MajorE
The Yukon's calling for me
E MajorE BB E MajorE
The Yukon's calling for me