Alestorm – The Sunkn Norwegian (Ukulele)

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BACK THROUGH TIME [2011] TRANSCRIBED FOR KEYBOARD BY NIALLAKOKOVICH KEY: C# MINOR ALL CHORDS ARE MAJOR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED [M= major, m= minor] INTRO: [VIOLIN AND WHISTLE, SINGLE NOTES] C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | G#(8va) F# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | B______ A#______ | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | G#(8va) F# E D# C# B| C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | G#(8va) F# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | B______ A#______ | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | G#(8va) F# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C# D# E D# C# B | C# G# G# C# G# G# | C#_____ D#______ | E______ G#______ | C# VERSE 1: [ACCORDIAN, SINGLE NOTES]
                                       C# G# C# G# A# B B A# G# F# G#
There lies a tavern down Wisconsin way

                                            C# G# C# G# A# B A# G# A# G# F# E C# C# C#
Where you can get drunk any time of the day

                                                C# G# C# G# A# B B A# G# F# G#
The landlord's a bastard, the barmaid's a whore

                                                      C# G# C# G# A# E(chord) F#(chord)
But give them no shit or you're straight out the door
PRE-CHORUS: [BRASS AND ACCORDIAN]
    G#m                    F#
The Sunk'n Norwegian's the name of this hole

  E                   D#               F#   G#
A nasty ol' tavern if ever I've known
CHORUS: [BRASS AND ACCORDIAN]
C#m B    C#m
One more drink

       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian

C#m B    C#m
One more drink

  A               B
Before we have to die

C#m B    C#m
One more drink

       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian

E             B           G#m        C#m
Raise up your tankards of ale to the Sky
VERSE: [ACCORDIAN, SINGLE NOTES]
                                           C# G# C# G# A# B B A# G# F# G#
Scoundrels and brigands and ne'er-do-wells

                                                    C# G# C# G# A# B A# G# A# G# F# E C# C# C#
And creatures dragged up from the black pits of hell

                                          C# G# C# G# A# B B A# G# F# G#
All find their relief in a tankard of ale

                                             C# G# C# G# A# E(chord) F#(chord)
So the Sunk'n Norwegian is where we will sail
PRE-CHORUS: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS]
    G#m                  F#
For barrels of whisky or pints from the bar

    E
But if you don't know

D#                 F#  G#
Then you don't go
CHORUS: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS]
C#m B    C#m
One more drink

       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian

C#m B    C#m
One more drink

  A               B
Before we have to die

C#m B    C#m
One more drink

       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian

E             B           G#m        C#m
Raise up your tankards of ale to the Sky
GUITAR SOLO: [ACCORDIAN] E |F# |E |F# E |F# |C#M |D# MIDDLE 8: [BRASS]
E                    B
Drink up my friends, as much as you can

A                         B
For tomorrow we sail to a faraway land

E                             B
We'll party all night and get drunk off our heads

       A               G#M                 C#M
'Cause we can all rest when we are dead
BREAK: [ACCORDIAN] [BASS ONLY FOR TWO BARS] [BASS AND GUITAR FOR TWO BARS] [SINGLE NOTES] C# G# G# C# G# G# C# G# G# C# G# G# [CHORDS] G#M CHORUS: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS]
C#m B    C#m
One more drink

       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian

C#m B    C#m
One more drink

  A               B
Before we have to die

C#m B    C#m
One more drink

       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian

E             B           G#m        C#m
Raise up your tankards of ale to the Sky
OUTRO: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS] HALF SPEED E B |G#m C#m