Phish - Alaska
Verse 1 & 2:
C7
I always had to tell her to relax
FC7
And the cat can slip in doors, through multitudes of cracks
F9CF9C
And it?s funny what they?ll do, cause cracks lead outside too
D7
When I asked her where she?s goin?
G
She said far away from you
C7
Stuck here on my own now, diggin? down deep
FC7
I don?t understand it, but I ain?t losin? sleep
F9CF9C
I?m not gonna lay down, or head north out of town
D7
I don?t know, but I think I?ll go
G
And try dog mushin? with an Eskimo
Chorus:
C7
In Alaska, Alaska...I think I?ll try Alaska
FG
Somewhere she could wait for me, I?ll catch up just wait and see
C7Em7F
Idaho, Nebraska...I don?t know I?ll ask her
GC7
I think I?ll try...I think I?ll try Alaska
Verse 3 & 4:
C7
I sold my old piano for the rent
FC7
I loaded up on bug spray and I found my daddy?s tent
F9CF9C
Now I?m in high gear, doin? forty-five
D7
I?m hummin? a tune, I won?t see the moon
G
Till sometime in July
C7
I guess I could?ve flown or took a train
FC7
But you won?t see a moose, if you?re sittin? on a plane
F9CF9C
And now there?s no more road, but I got a light load
D7
And if she isn?t in Alaska
G
I?ll stay and pan for gold
Chorus:
C7
In Alaska, Alaska...I think I?ll try Alaska
FG
Somewhere she could wait for me, I?ll catch up just wait and see
C7Em7F
Idaho, Nebraska...I don?t know I?ll ask her
GC7
I think I?ll try...I think I?ll try Alaska
Bridge:
BE
Just when I thought I?d end up alone
ADD#7
Big ol? ?laskan mama come walkin? down the road
(jam 2x over chorus, hold the last G in chorus 4x, don't go to the last C7)
Chorus:
C7
Alaska, Alaska...I?ll stay right here in Alaska
FG
All settled down and hav?in fun, here in the land of the midnight sun
C7Em7F
Is it time to call the pastor?...I don?t know I?ll ask her
G
I?ll stay right here...I?ll stay right here (repeat this part 4x)