Alaska Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Well how're the mou[Bm]ntains
off the [F]harbor?[G]
And how [Bm]far are you from
[C]shore?[G]
And when [Bm]your ship,
Oh when [F]your ship comes
into port
Would you call?
[G]Oh [C]wou[G]ld [C]you ca[G]ll?
[Bm]In that cabin in Montana

[Verse 2]
[F][G]
Was that [Bm]donkey [C]getting drunk[G]?
Well it's [Bm]been hell back here
[Bdim]in Philadelp[F]hia, yeah
And [G]York [C]ain't what it [G]was
[C]Now you know

[Verse 3]
[D]grandpa's
washing dishes
He [Bm]does it when he can
Trying to [G]get [Bm]this fire star[Em]ted
[A]And I could rea[Bm]lly use a han[C]d
The [D]dog is barking

[Verse 4]
out back
He [Bm]thinks he's in the band
Trying to [G]get this [Bm]fire star[Em]ted
[A]And I could rea[Bm]lly use a
[C]hand

[Verse 5]
[Bm]You know I dreamt where
We're at the sta[Em]tion
[C]And[Bm] you asked me if you could go
You [C]know I never really had the
[Gsus4]chance[G][Gsus4][G]
[C]To say[D][G][Bm][F][Gm][G]
[Bm]
[C][G]
[Bm]no[F][G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C]
[G]

[Verse 6]
Well it's [Bm]night time in [F]Alaska[F#][G]
I hear it's [Bm]dark until [C]the spring[G]
Well it's [Bm]been hell back here
[Bdim]in Philadelp[F]hia, yeah
[F#dim]And York [G]ain't[C] what it was
[G]

[Verse 7]
[C]
Now you know [D]grandpa's washing dishes
He [Bm]does it when he can
Trying to [G]get [Bm]this fire [Em]started[Asus4]
An[A]d I could [Bm]really use a hand
[C]

[Verse 8]
[C#]The dog [D]is barking out back
He [Bm]thinks he's in the band
Trying to [G]get [Bm]this fire [Em]started
[A]And I could rea[Bm]lly use a hand
[C]

[Verse 9]
Well I dreamt [Bm]where
We're at the sta[Em]tion
[A]And you asked me[Bm]
if you [C]could go
You know I [G]never really had the chance
Oh no
To say