Johnny Horton – North To Alaska (Guitar)

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

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North to Alaska,

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Goin north, the rush is on.

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North to Alaska,

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Goin north, the rush is on.

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Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92,

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With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too.

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They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold.

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Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome.

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Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below.

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He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow.

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With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of the midnight sun,

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Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one.

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Where the river is winding,

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Big nuggets they're finding.

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North to Alaska,

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Goin North, the rush is on.

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

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North to Alaska,

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Goin north, the rush is on.

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Goin north, the rush is on.

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George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand,

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Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a lonely, lonely man.

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"I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land,

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"For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Ginnie's hand.

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"'Cos a man needs a woman to love him all the time.

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"Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find.

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"I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home.

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"Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome."

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Where the river is winding,

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Big nuggets they're findin.

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North to Alaska,

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Goin North, the rush is on.

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North to Alaska,

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Goin North, the rush is on.

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

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Way up north, (North To Alaska.). . . .