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North To Alaska

Johnny Horton

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From: rogers@world.std.com (roger j selverstone)
North To Alaska - Mike Phillips
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|     ||C   /  /   / |  /     /   /  /  /  |G7    / Dm7    / |C   F   C  C7   |
| Big ||Sam  left Se |- at  - tle   in the |year of nine -ty |two        With |
|     ||Geo.turned to| Sam     with his    |gold     in his  |hand,      Said,|

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|F     /    /      /  |/       /  / / /| /      /   C     F  |C  /   /  C7    |
|George   Pratt,  his |part - ner  and |broth - er  Bil - ly |too;      They  |
|"Sam,  you're  a  -  |look - in'  at a|lone  - ly, lone -ly |man;       I'd

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|F        /   /    /  | /    /   /  /  |   /     /    /    C    F |C   / / /  |
|crossed the Yu - kon |Riv - er    and | found  the  bo - nan - za|gold.   Be-|
| trade     all   the  gold___    thats  bur - ied        in  this|land,  For |

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| /     /    /     F  | C       /    /  /  /|G7   /  /   /  Dm7 G7 | C F C / /|
|low  that  old  White| Moun - tain,  just a|lit-tle south-east of |Nome.  Sam|
|one small  band   of | gold   to place on  |sweet  little   Jennys|hand Causea

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|   /      /   /    /     /  |  /    /   /  /   /  |G7   /   Dm7  / | C F C C7|
|crossed  the Ma - jes - tic |Moun-tains   to  the |Val-leys far be |-low   He|
|man               needs  a  |wom - an     to      |love him all the|time,  Re|

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|F       /   /   /  / | /   /   /  /  /|  /     /    C     F  | C / /  C7   / |
|talked to his team of|hus-kies   as he|mushed on through the |snow;  With the|
|mem - ber,    Sam, a |true love  is   | so          hard to  |find,     I'd  |

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|F      /     /    /  | /      /    /   /  /  | /   /   /   C   F   | C / / / |
|North-ern  Lights a -|run - nin' wild in the |Land of the Mid-night|Sun,  Yes|
|build      for   my  |Jen - ny        a      |hon   -      ey moon |home, Be-

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| /    /     /   F  / |C       /  /   /   / |G7    /   Dm7  G7  | C  F  C  /  |
|Sam  Mc - Cord was a |might - y man in the |year  of nine-teen |-one.        |
|low  that  old White |Moun-tain     just a |lit-tle S.East of  |Nome."

Chorus:
|            ||C   /  /  / |  /  G7  C     / | F  /  /       /  |  / /   /  / |
|   Where the||riv - er is |wind  - in',  big|nug - gets they're| find - in'  |
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| C    /  /  /  /   | /    /  /  /  | G7.      .   Dm7 G7   C   /  /  /      ||
| North     To  A - |las - ka,  Go  | north,  the rush is | on               ||