North To Alaska chords by Johnny Horton (Ver. 2)

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.

     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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