Alaska Or Bust chords by
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Key: G major

Verse 1
G G 
 
Margie, won't you listen to
Am Am 
 
an old man's wish
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
C C 
 
They say it's mighty pretty in Alaska
G G 
 
My daddy used to talk about
Am Am 
 
those deep sea fish
Bm Bm 
 
So there's something, darling,
C C 
 
that I wanna ask you
D D 
 
G G 
 
So don't you turn me down
C C 
 
G G 
 

Verse 2
C C 
 
G G 
 
In the morning we would listen
Am Am 
 
to the cattle calling
G G 
 
C C 
 
Lowing in the land of Okeechobee
G G 
 
Where it's flatter than the cardboard
Am Am 
 
on the carport floor
G G 
 
And the cattails seem to
C C 
 
wave just like they know me
D D 
 
Ah, but

Verse 3

Enoch in the tackle shop

Goes on about the salmon caught

The time he and his brother

sailed to Juneau

Verse 4
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
So get in, I'll do the driving
C C 
 
The bag's already packed
G G 
 
and in the truck
C C 
 
Margie, get in,
D D 
 
put down those dishes
Am Am 
 
The town will see us go
G G 
 
C C 
 
C#dim C#dim 
 
if we're in luck
D D 
 
G G 
 
So come on, it's Alaska or bust

Interlude 1

Verse 5
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
I've been holding down this farm that daddy left me,
darling
G G 
 
The kids have married off
C C 
 
and moved away
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
And   the doctor says I'm
Am Am 
 
healthy for an old man dying
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Well enough to seize another day

Verse 6
C C 
 
D D 
 
So get in, I'll do the driving
C C 
 
Your bag's already packed
G G 
 
and in the truck
C C 
 
D D 
 
Margie get it, these bones are dry
Am Am 
 
I've been running,
G G 
 
C C 
 
C#dim C#dim 
 
but the cancer's catching up
D D 
 
F F 
 
So come on, it's Alaska or

Interlude 2

bust

Verse 7
G G 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
There were days when I imagined that
Am Am 
 
the clouds were mountains
G G 
 
C C 
 
Towering above the rolling ocean
D D 
 
G G 
 
And I was sailing on my tractor,
Am Am 
 
turning hay out in the pasture
G G 
 
Catching salmon of my own
C C 
 
D D 
 
while I was mowing

Verse 8
C C 
 
D D 
 
So get in, I'll do the driving
C C 
 
Your bag's already packed
G G 
 
and in the truck
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
E E 
 
Margie get in, there's not much time
Am Am 
 
I've been running,
G G 
 
C C 
 
but the cancer's catching up
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
The town will see us go if
C C 
 
C#dim C#dim 
 
we're in luck
D D 
 
So come on,

Verse 9

it's Alaska or

Outro 1

bust

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