Tuning: Open C# 
Capo on 1st fret
Song played in key of D

Most chords in this song (unless noted below) are simple barre chords.
Ellis also plays the B-chord often with a single-finger sus ornament to it (3rd string, 
one fret up from the barre).  Hammer on it as you want.

D-chord Riff
He plays this riff to open the song and throughout the song on the D-chord.  It's a 
single string melody.  Fret numbers listed below:

|---------------------------|
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|---------------------------|
|--0--2--4--4--5--4--2--0---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)               DYou (xx0232@1)take a rickety plane from Seattle up into Anchorage
       A (x02220@1)                   B (x2444x@1)                      DYou (xx0232@1)step off the platform staring at the midnight sun
              A (x02220@1)                   BJump (x2444x@1)in my pickup, brother, we'll drive
            C#min             B (x2444x@1)     ABring (x02220@1)your troubles down highway nine.
               Emin (022032@1)                                   BI've (x2444x@1)got a pull-out couch and a job lined up at a cannery
                  Emin (022032@1)                                         BYou (x2444x@1)hitch a ride to Homer, Alaska, brother, the drinks will be on me

CHORUS
            D (xx0232@1)             EminRaise (022032@1)a glass, lift a chalice
A (x02220@1)                     BWelcome (x2444x@1)to Alice's Champagne Palace
       C#min           B (x2444x@1)                A (x02220@1)   BThe (x2444x@1)finest bar on the strip in Homer, Alaska, Alaska
                      D (xx0232@1)  Emin (022032@1) A (x02220@1)                            BIf (x2444x@1)you're from New York, Dallas, you'll find a home at the Champagne Palace
C#min              B (x2444x@1)                       Emin (022032@1)            
A (x02220@1)    BAlice'll (x2444x@1)pour you a cold one, go ahead and ask her, if you're running away
    Dto (xx0232@1)Alaska, Alaska

A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)           DThe (xx0232@1)mountains rise from ocean to sky in Homer, Alaska
                 A (x02220@1)                       B (x2444x@1)                     DThey'll (xx0232@1)the steal your breath and your troubles in the blink of an eye
               A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)                 C#min     
B (x2444x@1)         AYou'll (x02220@1)hear a band with a steel guitar, there's a window seat right at the bar
Emin (022032@1)                                                        BThe (x2444x@1)whales are breaching and Alice is preaching "like a rolling stone"
                    Emin (022032@1)                            BShe'll (x2444x@1)push a mason jar across the bar and say "Mister, welcome home!"

CHORUS
                A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)                     DYou've (xx0232@1)never been to a prettier place than Homer, Alaska
            A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)                          DYou've (xx0232@1)never met a kinder face than the one behind the bar
         A (x02220@1)                      B (x2444x@1)         C#min  B (x2444x@1)          ANow, (x02220@1)Homer is a town full of misfit toys, renegade women and runaway boys
Emin (022032@1)                                       BEveryobody's (x2444x@1)got some kind of story here in Homer town.
              Emin (022032@1)                                          BGuess (x2444x@1)sometimes you gotta go to the end of the earth, just to turn yourself around

CHORUS
A (x02220@1)          B (x2444x@1)              A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)        
        DBrother, (xx0232@1)you just might stay.  If you're running away to Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska

C#min chord
8    9 fret
x    x
x    x
1   x
x   x
x   3
x   3

Emin Chord
1    2 fret
x    x
x    x
1   x
x   x
x   2
x   3
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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                        dsoleil wrote on February 4 2014, 12:23 pm  
                    
                    
                        The formatting of chords in the chorus got messed up.  Here is the fix:C#min              B (x2444x@1)                       Emin (022032@1)     Alice'll pour you acold (x02210@1)one, go ahead and ask her,           A (x02220@1)     Bif you're running away    Dto Alaska, Alaska
                    
                
            
                                
                
                
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
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                        dsoleil wrote on February 4 2014, 12:25 pm  
                    
                    
                        Same thing for the last chord of the song.  It's aD-chord (x02210@1)on the first "Alaska."
                    
                
            
                    
    

    
        
        
            
            
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