THE SUNK'N NORWEGIAN
ALESTORM
BACK THROUGH TIME [2011]

TRANSCRIBED FOR KEYBOARD BY NIALLAKOKOVICH

KEY: C# MINOR

ALL CHORDS ARE MAJOR UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED [M= major, m= minor]



INTRO: [VIOLIN AND WHISTLE, SINGLE NOTES]

C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | Ab(8va) F# E  Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | B______ Bb______ |

C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | Ab(8va) F# E  Eb C# B|
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C#              |

C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | Ab(8va) F# E  Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | B______ Bb______ |

C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | Ab(8va) F# E  Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C# Eb E Eb C# B |
C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab | C#_____ Eb______ | E______ Ab______ | C#



VERSE 1: [ACCORDIAN, SINGLE NOTES]

                                       C# Ab C# Ab Bb B B Bb Ab F# Ab
There lies a tavern down Wisconsin way
                                            C# Ab C# Ab Bb B Bb Ab Bb Ab F# E C# C# C#
Where you can get drunk any time of the day
                                                C# Ab C# Ab Bb B B Bb Ab F# Ab
The landlord's a bastard, the barmaid's a whore
                                                      C# Ab C# Ab Bb E(chord) F#(chord)
But give them no shit or you're straight out the door



PRE-CHORUS: [BRASS AND ACCORDIAN]

    Abm                    F#
The Sunk'n Norwegian's the name of this hole
  E                   Eb               F#   Ab
A nasty ol' tavern if ever I've known



CHORUS: [BRASS AND ACCORDIAN]

C#m B    C#m
One more drink
       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian
C#m B    C#m
One more drink
  A               B
Before we have to die
C#m B    C#m
One more drink
       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian
E             B           Abm        C#m
Raise up your tankards of ale to the Sky



VERSE: [ACCORDIAN, SINGLE NOTES]

                                           C# Ab C# Ab Bb B B Bb Ab F# Ab
Scoundrels and brigands and ne'er-do-wells
                                                    C# Ab C# Ab Bb B Bb Ab Bb Ab F# E C# C# C#
And creatures dragged up from the black pits of hell
                                          C# Ab C# Ab Bb B B Bb Ab F# Ab
All find their relief in a tankard of ale
                                             C# Ab C# Ab Bb E(chord) F#(chord)
So the Sunk'n Norwegian is where we will sail



PRE-CHORUS: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS]

    Abm                  F#
For barrels of whisky or pints from the bar
    E
But if you don't know
Eb                 F#  Ab
Then you don't go



CHORUS: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS]

C#m B    C#m
One more drink
       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian
C#m B    C#m
One more drink
  A               B
Before we have to die
C#m B    C#m
One more drink
       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian
E             B           Abm        C#m
Raise up your tankards of ale to the Sky



GUITAR SOLO: [ACCORDIAN]

E       |F#       |E       |F#
E       |F#       |C#m     |Eb


MIDDLE 8: [BRASS]

E                    B
Drink up my friends, as much as you can
A                         B
For tomorrow we sail to a faraway land
E                             B
We'll party all night and get drunk off our heads
       A               Abm                 C#m
'Cause we can all rest when we are dead

BREAK: [ACCORDIAN]

[BASS ONLY FOR TWO BARS]
[BASS AND GUITAR FOR TWO BARS]

[SINGLE NOTES] C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab
               C# Ab Ab C# Ab Ab

[CHORDS]       Abm



CHORUS: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS]

C#m B    C#m
One more drink
       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian
C#m B    C#m
One more drink
  A               B
Before we have to die
C#m B    C#m
One more drink
       A         B
At the Sunk'n Norwegian
E             B           Abm        C#m
Raise up your tankards of ale to the Sky



OUTRO: [ACCORDIAN AND BRASS] HALF SPEED

E   B   |Abm   C#m  


for my cover of this go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtcD6in84co