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North To Alaska chords
Johnny Horton
C
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
G
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
C
North to Alaska,
G C
They're goin' north, the rush is on.
North to Alaska,
G C
they're goin' north, the rush is on.
C G C
Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92,
F C
With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too.
F C
They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold.
G C
Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome.
C G C
Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below.
F C
He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow.
F C
With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of the midnight sun,
G C
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one.
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C
Where the river is winding,
F
Big nuggets they're finding.
C
North to Alaska,
G C
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
C
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
G
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
C
North to Alaska,
G C
They're goin' north, the rush is on.
North to Alaska,
G C
they're goin' north, the rush is on.
C G C
George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand,
F C
Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a lonely, lonely man.
F C
"I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land,
G C
"For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Ginnie's hand.
C G C
"'Cos a man needs a woman to love him all the time.
F C
"Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find.
F C
"I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home.
G C
"Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome."
C
Where the river is winding,
F
Big nuggets they're finding.
C
North to Alaska,
G C
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
C
North to Alaska,
G C
They're goin' North, the rush is on.
C
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
G
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)
C
Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
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