Song Of The Yukon Rose chords by Chris LeDoux

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
There's a place on the yukon  (E minor) river,
A 
called the  (A major) carriboux saloon.
G 
D 
Where the miners  (G major) go, to spend  (D major) their gold,
Em 
An'  (E minor) listen to the sad, sweet tune.
Feast their eyes' upon the beauty
A 
of  (A major) the lovely yukon rose,
G 
They can  (G major) look but they better not

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Verse 2

touch her,

she belongs to pierre

Leboux.

They say he found down in seattle,

won her at a young and tender age.

Now she sings up here,

while the men drink beer,

Verse 3
Em 
Like a  (E minor) bird in a guilded cage.
A 
Well, one time a man from tulsa  (A major) chal
lenged pierre for her rose's hand,
G 
D 
Now he  (G major) lies below the the  (D major) bitter
Em 
snow in this wild and savage land.  (E minor) 
A 
G 
 (A major) Some nights when the  (G major) northern
D 
Em 
lights  (D major) are shin (E minor) in'

Verse 4
A 
And  (A major) the cold north wind is
G 
D 
Em 
 (G major) howlin'  (D major) across the snow.  (E minor) 
D 
C 
 (D major) Is it just the wind that you hear  (C major) 
A 
 (A major) sighin'...or could it be the sound of
Em 
The yukon  (E minor) rose.
Then one night a bigfoot just
A 
 (A major) happened to be passin' by.

Verse 5
G 
And  (G major) there in the dark his heart
D 
 (D major) his lonely heart,
Em 
Was touched  (E minor) by  rose's lulaby.
So he walked into the bar room
A 
and every  (A major) one turned to stare,
G 
D 
But he  (G major) looked to them just like a  (D major) bearded man,
Em 
in a coat  (E minor) of grizzly

Verse 6
Em 
Hair.  (E minor) 
Bigfoot saw the yukon rose and their
A 
 (A major) eyes meet through the gloom.
G 
D 
An' she was  (G major) hypnotized by his  (D major) gentle eyes,
Em 
and was drawn  (E minor) across the
Room.

Verse 7
Em 
Now they say that love has no  (E minor) 
A 
bounderies, an' I  (A major) reckon that it's right,
G 
D 
 (G major) 'Cause beauty and the sav (D major) age beast,
Em 
fell in love that night.  (E minor) 
A 
G 
 (A major) Some nights when the  (G major) northern
D 
Em 
light (D major) s are shin (E minor) in',
A 
An' the  (A major) cold north winds are
G 
D 
Em 
 (G major) howlin'  (D major) 'cross the snow,  (E minor) 

Verse 8
D 
C 
 (D major) Is it just the wind that you hear sighin'...  (C major) 
A 
Or  (A major) could it be the song of the
Em 
yukon  (E minor) rose...
Now pierre was in the back room,
A 
dealin'  (A major) cards when the music stoped.
G 
D 
He  (G major) laid his hand down and  (D major) looked around,
Em 
and said nobody  (E minor) touch that pot.

Verse 9
Em 
He  (E minor) walked out to the bar room
A 
and the trouble  (A major) began,
Gm 
D 
An' his  (G minor) blood ran cold when he  (D major) saw the rose,
Em 
in the  (E minor) arms of the tall
Strange man.
Pierre walked up and he grabbed her, an'
A 
shoved  (A major) her t'wards the stage,

Verse 10
G 
D 
And the  (G major) gentle look in the strangers  (D major) eyes,
Em 
turned  (E minor) wild and red with
Rage.
An' then with just one mighty blow,
A 
pier (A major) re lay on the saw- dust floor.
G 
D 
The  (G major) tall strange man, took the  (D major) ladies hand,
Em 
an'  (E minor) walked out through the

Verse 11
Door.
Em 
 (E minor) No  one dared to follow,
A 
and where he  (A major) took her no one knows,
Bb 
 (B flat major) But we all jumped back,
D 
Em 
when we  (D major) saw the tracks. of  (E minor) bigfoot in the snow.
A 
Some say she probably died that winter,  (A major) 
she must have I s'pose.
Gm 
Bb 
D 
But  (G minor) just last  (B flat major) night under the northern light (D major) s,

Verse 12
Em 
I heard the song of the yukon  (E minor) rose.
A 
G 
 (A major) Some nights when the  (G major) northern
D 
Em 
lights  (D major) are shin (E minor) in',
A 
And the  (A major) cold north wind is
G 
D 
Em 
 (G major) howlin'  (D major) across the snow,  (E minor) 
D 
C 
 (D major) Is it just the wind that you hear  (C major) sighin'