Alaska
Phish - Alaska
Verse 1 & 2:
C7
I always had to tell her to relax
F C7
And the cat can slip in doors, through multitudes of cracks
F9 C F9 C
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
F C7
I don?t understand it, but I ain?t losin? sleep
F9 C F9 C
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
F G
Somewhere she could wait for me, I?ll catch up just wait and see
C7 Em7 F
Idaho, Nebraska...I don?t know I?ll ask her
G C7
I think I?ll try...I think I?ll try Alaska
Verse 3 & 4:
C7
I sold my old piano for the rent
F C7
I loaded up on bug spray and I found my daddy?s tent
F9 C F9 C
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
F C7
But you won?t see a moose, if you?re sittin? on a plane
F9 C F9 C
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
F G
Somewhere she could wait for me, I?ll catch up just wait and see
C7 Em7 F
Idaho, Nebraska...I don?t know I?ll ask her
G C7
I think I?ll try...I think I?ll try Alaska
Bridge:
B E
Just when I thought I?d end up alone
A D D#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
F G
All settled down and hav?in fun, here in the land of the midnight sun
C7 Em7 F
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)