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Johnny Horton - North To Alaska Ukulele

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North To Alaska Ukulele

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Johnny Horton
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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