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When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) by Johnny Horton


  When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
E A E
 
[Verse 1]
E                                   B7
I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard 
   E
of snow.
E
Been out prospecting for two years or so.
E
Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a-boom.
E                                 A       E
So, I took a little stroll to the Red Dog saloon.
 
[Verse 2]
E                           B7        E
As I walked in the door the music was clear.
E
The prettiest voice I had heard in two years.
E
The song she was singin' made a man's blood run 
E
cold.
E                                   A     E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.
E                                   A     E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.)
 
[Verse 3]
E                             B7          E
It was red headed Lil who was singin' so sweet.
E
I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet.
E
I reached for the gal who was singin' the tune.
E                          A         E
We did the Eskimo hop all around the saloon.
 
[Verse 4]
E                               B7           E
Where the caribou crawl and the grizzly bear hug.
E
We did our dance on a Kodiak rug.
E
The song she kept singing made a man's blood run 
E
cold.
E                                   A     E
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below.
 
[Interlude]
E A E
 
[Verse 5]
E                 B7        E
I was as innocent as I could be, I didn't know Lil 
E
was big Ed's wife to be.
E
He took out his knife and he gave it a throw.
E                                      A          E
When it's springtime in Alaska I'll be six feet below.
 
[Outro]
 E                                       A          E
(When it's springtime in Alaska he'll be six feet below.)





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version 2 




Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
 
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This is what the Banjo plays at the intro and after Horton says "its forty 
below"
then you slow down at the end when Horton says "I'll be six feet below"


I mushed from Point Barrow through blizzard of snow
Been out prospectin' for two years or so
Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a-boom
So I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Saloon
As I walked in the door, the music was clear
The purtiest voice I had heard in two years
The song she was singin' made a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 below
(When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 below)
It was redhead lil' who was singin' so sweet
I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet
I reached for the gal who was singin' the tune
We did the eskeemo hop all around the sea-loon
With a caribou crawl and a grizzly bear hug
We did our dance on a kodiak rug
The song she kept singin' made a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 below
I was as innocent as I could be
I didn't know lil' was big Ed's wife-to-be
He took out his knife and he gave it a throw
When it's springtime in Alaska, I'll be six feet below
(When it's springtime in Alaska, he'll be six feet below)





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