When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) chords by Johnny Horton
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I mushed from Point Barrow
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through blizzard of snow.
Been out prospectin' for
two years or so.
Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a-boom.
So So I took a little stroll to
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the Red Dog sea-loon.
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Verse 2
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As As I walked in the door,
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the music was clear.
The purtiest voice I had heard
in two years.
The song she was singin' made
a man's blood run cold.
When its springtime in Alaska
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it's forty below.
(When it's springtime in Alaska
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it's forty below.)
Verse 3
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It was Redhead Lil who
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was singin' so sweet.
I reached down and took the
snow packs off my feet.
I reached for the gal who
was singin' the tune.
We did the eskeemo hop all
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around the sea-loon.
Verse 4
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With With a caribou crawl
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and a grizzly bear hug.
We did our dance on a kodiak rug.
The song she kept singin' made
a man's blood run cold.
When it's springtime in Alaska
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it's forty below.
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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I was as innocent as I could be.
I didn't now Lil was Big Ed's wife-to-be.
He He He took out his knife
and he gave it a throw.
When it's springtime in Alaska I'll
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be six feet below.
(When it's springtime in Alaska
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he'll be six feet below.)
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