Johnny Horton – North To Alaska (Ukulele)

       C        
Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

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Way up north, (north To Alaska.)

C
North to Alaska,

              G                  C
They're goin' north, the rush is on.

              G                  C
they're 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. 

          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.

              G                  C
they're 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.

                                      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.)