#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:02:54, -0500 From: LTWU46B@prodigy.com (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 ltwy46b@prodigy.com
