Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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There's a place on the yukon river,
A
called the carriboux saloon.
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D
Where the miners go, to spend their gold,
Em
An' listen to the sad, sweet tune.
Feast their eyes' upon the beauty
A
of the lovely yukon rose,
G
They can look but they better not
Verse 2
D
touch her,
Em
she belongs to pierre
Leboux.
They say he found down in seattle,
A
won her at a young and tender age.
G
Now she sings up here,
D
while the men drink beer,
Verse 3
Em
Like a bird in a guilded cage.
A
Well, one time a man from tulsa chal
lenged pierre for her rose's hand,
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Now he lies below the the bitter
Em
snow in this wild and savage land.
A
G
Some nights when the northern
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Em
lights are shinin'
Verse 4
A
And the cold north wind is
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D
Em
howlin' across the snow.
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C
Is it just the wind that you hear
A
sighin'...or could it be the sound of
Em
The yukon rose.
Then one night a bigfoot just
A
happened to be passin' by.
Verse 5
G
And there in the dark his heart
D
his lonely heart,
Em
Was touched by rose's lulaby.
So he walked into the bar room
A
and every one turned to stare,
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D
But he looked to them just like a bearded man,
Em
in a coat of grizzly
Verse 6
Em
Hair.
Bigfoot saw the yukon rose and their
A
eyes meet through the gloom.
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D
An' she was hypnotized by his gentle eyes,
Em
and was drawn across the
Room.
Verse 7
Em
Now they say that love has no
A
bounderies, an' I reckon that it's right,
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D
'Cause beauty and the savage beast,
Em
fell in love that night.
A
G
Some nights when the northern
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lights are shinin',
A
An' the cold north winds are
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D
Em
howlin' 'cross the snow,
Verse 8
D
C
Is it just the wind that you hear sighin'...
A
Or could it be the song of the
Em
yukon rose...
Now pierre was in the back room,
A
dealin' cards when the music stoped.
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D
He laid his hand down and looked around,
Em
and said nobody touch that pot.
Verse 9
Em
He walked out to the bar room
A
and the trouble began,
Gm
D
An' his blood ran cold when he saw the rose,
Em
in the arms of the tall
Strange man.
Pierre walked up and he grabbed her, an'
A
shoved her t'wards the stage,
Verse 10
G
D
And the gentle look in the strangers eyes,
Em
turned wild and red with
Rage.
An' then with just one mighty blow,
A
pierre lay on the saw- dust floor.
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D
The tall strange man, took the ladies hand,
Em
an' walked out through the
Verse 11
Door.
Em
No one dared to follow,
A
and where he took her no one knows,
Bb
But we all jumped back,
D
Em
when we saw the tracks. of bigfoot in the snow.
A
Some say she probably died that winter,
she must have I s'pose.
Gm
Bb
D
But just last night under the northern lights,
Verse 12
Em
I heard the song of the yukon rose.
A
G
Some nights when the northern
D
Em
lights are shinin',
A
And the cold north wind is
G
D
Em
howlin' across the snow,
D
C
Is it just the wind that you hear sighin'
Verse 13
A
Em
Or could it be the song of the yukon rose
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm G A D C...
Em
G
A
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Gm
Bb
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