When Its Springtime In Alaska Its 40 Below Acoustic chords by Johnny Horton

INTRO: E A E

#1.
E                  B
I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard
  E
of snow.
B      E      B      E
Been out prospecting for two years or so.
E             B     E
Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a-boom.
E                 A    E
So, I took a little stroll to the Red Dog saloon.

#2.
E              B     E
As I walked in the door the music was clear.
E

The prettiest voice I had heard in two years.
E                B
The song she was singin' made a man's blood run
E
cold.
E                  A   E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.
(E                  A   E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.)

#3.
E               B     E
It was red headed Lil who was singin' so sweet.
E     B    E
I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet.
B E              B      E
I reached for the gal who was singin' the tune.
      B   E    A     E
We did the Eskimo hop all around the saloon.

#4.
E                B      E
Where the caribou crawl and the grizzly bear hug.
E
We did our dance on a Kodiak rug.
E                B
The song she kept singing made a man's blood run
E
cold.
E                  A   E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.


INTERLUDE: E A E

#5.
E         B     E
I was as innocent as I could be, I didn't know Lil
    B      E
was big Ed's wife to be.
E
He took out his knife and he gave it a throw.
E                   A     E
When it's springtime in Alaska I'll be six feet below.

OUTRO:
 E                    A     E
(When it's springtime in Alaska he'll be six feet below.)




A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.