Tuning: Open C# Capo on 1st fret Song played in key of D Most chords in this song (unless noted below) are simple barre chords. Ellis also plays the B-chord often with a single-finger sus ornament to it (3rd string, one fret up from the barre). Hammer on it as you want. D-chord Riff He plays this riff to open the song and throughout the song on the D-chord. It's a single string melody. Fret numbers listed below: |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |--0--2--4--4--5--4--2--0---| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| A B D You take a rickety plane from Seattle up into Anchorage A B D You step off the platform staring at the midnight sun A B Jump in my pickup, brother, we'll drive C#min B A Bring your troubles down highway nine. Emin B I've got a pull-out couch and a job lined up at a cannery Emin B You hitch a ride to Homer, Alaska, brother, the drinks will be on me CHORUS D Emin Raise a glass, lift a chalice A B Welcome to Alice's Champagne Palace C#min B A B The finest bar on the strip in Homer, Alaska, Alaska D Emin A B If you're from New York, Dallas, you'll find a home at the Champagne Palace CBEmin A B Alice'll pour you a cold one, go ahead and ask her, if you're running away D to Alaska, Alaska A B D The mountains rise from ocean to sky in Homer, Alaska A B D They'll the steal your breath and your troubles in the blink of an eye ABC#min B A You'll hear a band with a steel guitar, there's a window seat right at the bar Emin B The whales are breaching and Alice is preaching "like a rolling stone" Emin B She'll push a mason jar across the bar and say "Mister, welcome home!" CHORUS A B D You've never been to a prettier place than Homer, Alaska A B D You've never met a kinder face than the one behind the bar A B C#min B A Now, Homer is a town full of misfit toys, renegade women and runaway boys Emin B Everyobody's got some kind of story here in Homer town. Emin B Guess sometimes you gotta go to the end of the earth, just to turn yourself around CHORUS ABAB D Brother, you just might stay. If you're running away to Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska C#min chord 8 9 fret x x x x 1 x x x x 3 x 3 Emin Chord 1 2 fret x x x x 1 x x x x 2 x 3