Alaska chords by Valiant Hearts

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Gm

Intro:

Gm7  F  D# F  Dm

Verse 1:
       Gm7             F
As the winds begin to rise
        D#                 F
And the calm turns to the storm
        Gm7         F             D#      F
Stay by my side and I’ll keep you warm
       Gm7             F
As the tides begin to change
         D#                F
And everything’s left unarranged
            Gm7           F               D#
We shut the door, but it opens more and more

Verse 2:
F        Gm7   F       A#      D#     F               Gm
My skin pale as moonlight, dying from frostbite
             F        A# D#  D#
With nowhere left to go
        Gm7       F              D#       F               Gm7
On this freezing winter night, I won’t make it inside
           F          D#             F          Gm7     F  D# F
So bury me under the snow (Bury me under the snow)

Gm7  F  A# D# F
Gm  Gm7  Gm  D#
F  Gm7  Gm  Fmaj7 F


Verse 3:
      Gm7                   Gm
So my fingers dance and my body twirls
                                   D#
As I start to lose my grip on this world
        Gm
When my spirit lifts and my laurels furl
                                        D#
I’ll melt the seasons down, so watch me swirl
                        F
As I sink into the whorl


Chorus:
             D#                             Gm7  Gm
One of these days you’ll look back and say
                     D#                      Fmaj7
“I wish I would have walked the other way”
D#                Gm
And one of these nights you’ll run and hide
F        D#
In this cold, dark world you’ve made
   Fmaj7       D#
 cut me down inside


Verse 4:
            F           Gm
Leave me to lie in the snow ‘til I die
         D#             F       Gm
And I’ll watch it fall out of view
       D#            A#
So you take what is mine
         Gm                  D#
When the sun won’t shine on you
      F           Gm    Gm7
Won’t shine on you
       F                  D#           Dm    F          Gm
In our Alaskan homes, we weather the cold forever
          F                    D#                 F          Gm
Trying to ignite a spark with sticks and stones together
             F                           D#               F        Gm
Never having much luck, we just seem to be stuck in the cold
                    F                        D#               F    Dm
Now the blizzard advances, we never got our chances to grow old


Chorus:
             D#                              Gm
One of these days you’ll look back and say
                     D#
“I wish I would have walked the other way”
           F      Gm
And one of these nights you’ll run and hide
   F     D#
In this cold dark world you’ve made
               F
To cut me down inside

Gm  Gm7  Gm  D#
               F
To cut me down inside