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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:02:54, -0500
From: [email protected] (MR KEN L REYNOLDS)
Subject: alaska_and_me_by_john_denver
album: Higher Ground
song: Alaska and Me
artist: John Denver
transcribed: Ken Reynolds
Please enjoy the following selection by John Denver
Alaska and Me
John Denver (klr)
[[C]] - [[G]] - [[C]] - [[F]] - [[C]] - [[G]] - [[C]]
[[C]] When I was a [[G]] child and I [[F]] lived in the [[C]] city
I dreamed of [[Am]] Alaska [[F]] so far [[G]] away
And I [[C]] dreamed I was flying over [[F]] mountains and [[C]] glaciers
Somehow I [[Am]] knew that Id [[G]] live there one [[C]] day
[[C]] - [[G]] - [[C]] - [[F]] - [[C]] -[[G]] - [[C]]
Well, it took me some [[G]] growin and a [[F]] fair bit of [[C]] schoolin
And a little bit of [[Am]] trouble to [[F]] get on the [[G]] move
And I [[C]] felt like a loser, but I [[F]] turned out the [[C]] winner
When I came to [[Am]] Alaska, the [[G]] land that I [[C]] love
[[G]] Heres to Alaska, [[F]] heres to the [[C]] people
[[Am]] Heres to the [[Am]/g] wild and [[F]] heres to the [[G]] free
[[C]] Heres to my life in a [[F]] chosen [[C]] country
Heres to [[G]] Alaska and [[C]] me
[[C]] - [[G]] - [[C]] - [[F]] - [[C]] - [[G]] - [[C]]
I was born in a [[G]] cabin on [[F]] Little Mul [[C]] chatna
Raised in hard [[Am]] times but I [[F]] had a good [[G]] life
>From the [[C]] first time I flew with my [[F]] father a [[C]] singin
I knew that I?d [[Am]] wind up a [[G]] bush pilots [[C]] wife
We sleep near the [[G]] sound of a [[F]] slow running [[C]] river
Wake up most [[Am]] mornings to a [[F]] drizzling [[G]] rain
We [[C]] live every day like the [[F]] first or the [[C]] last one
With nothing to [[Am]] lose and [[G]] heaven to [[C]] gain
[[G]] Heres to Alaska, [[F]] heres to the [[C]] people
[[Am]] Heres to the [[Am]/g] wild and [[F]] heres to the [[G]] free
[[C]] Heres to my life in a [[F]] chosen [[C]] country
Heres to [[G]] Alaska and [[C]] me
[[Am]] Oh, for a [[Am]/g] fire on a [[F]] cold winters [[C]] night
Once more to [[Am]] gaze at the [[F]] great Northern [[G]] lights
For [[C]] all of the beauty my [[F]] children will [[C]] see
Heres to [[G]] Alaska and [[C]] me
[[G]] Heres to Alaska, [[F]] heres to the [[C]] people
[[Am]] Heres to the [[Am]/g] wild and [[F]] heres to the [[G]] free
[[C]] Heres to my life in a [[F]] chosen [[C]] country
Heres to [[G]] Alaska and [[C]] me
[[F]] Oh, [[C]] heres to [[G]] Alaska and [[C]] me
Enjoy one and all...
Ken Reynolds
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