C5 - G5 - C5 - F5 - C5 - G5 - C5 C5 G5 F5 C5 When I was a child and I lived in the city A5 F5 G5 I dreamed of Alaska so far away C5 F5 C5 And I dreamed I was flying over mountains and glaciers A5 G5 C5 Somehow I knew that Id live there one day C5 - G5 - C5 - F5 - C5 - G5 - C5 G5 F5 C5 Well, it took me some growin and a fair bit of schoolin A5 F5 G5 And a little bit of trouble to get on the move C5 F5 C5 And I felt like a loser, but I turned out the winner A5 G5 C5 When I came to Alaska, the land that I love G5 F5 C5 Heres to Alaska, heres to the people A5 A5 F5 G5 Heres to the wild and heres to the free C5 F5 C5 Heres to my life in a chosen country G5 C5 Heres to Alaska and me C5 - G5 - C5 - F5 - C5 - G5 - C5 G5 F5 C5 I was born in a cabin on Little Mul chatna A5 F5 G5 Raised in hard times but I had a good life C5 F5 C5 From the first time I flew with my father a singin A5 G5 C5 I knew that I?d wind up a bush pilots wife G5 F5 C5 We sleep near the sound of a slow running river A5 F5 G5 Wake up most mornings to a drizzling rain C5 F5 C5 We live every day like the first or the last one A5 C5 With nothing to lose and G heaven to gain G5 F5 C5 Heres to Alaska, heres to the people A5 A5 F5 G5 Heres to the wild and heres to the free C5 F5 C5 Heres to my life in a chosen country G5 C5 Heres to Alaska and me A5 A5 F5 C5 Oh, for a fire on a cold winters night A5 F5 G5 Once more to gaze at the great Northern lights C5 F5 C5 For all of the beauty my children will see G5 C5 Heres to Alaska and me G5 F5 C5 Heres to Alaska, heres to the people A5 A5 F5 G5 Heres to the wild and heres to the free C5 F5 C5 Heres to my life in a chosen country G5 C5 Heres to Alaska and me F5 C5 G5 C5 Oh, heres to Alaska and me