'North To Alaska' by Johnny Horton - Guitar Tutorial

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 Way up north, (north To Alaska.) 
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 Way up north, (north To Alaska.) 
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 North to Alaska, 
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 They're goin' north, the rush is on. 
 
 North to Alaska, 
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 they're goin' north, the rush is on. 
 
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 Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92, 
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 With George Pratt, his partner, and brother, Billy, too. 
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 They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold. 
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 Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome. 
 
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 Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valleys far below. 
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 He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow. 
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 With the northern lights a-running wild in the land of 
 the midnight sun, 
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 Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one. 
 
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 Where the river is winding, 
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 Big nuggets they're finding. 
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 North to Alaska, 
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 They're goin' North, the rush is on. 
 
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 Way up north, (north To Alaska.) 
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 Way up north, (north To Alaska.) 
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 North to Alaska, 
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 They're goin' north, the rush is on. 
 
 North to Alaska, 
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 they're goin' north, the rush is on. 
 
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 George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand, 
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 Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a lonely, lonely man. 
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 "I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land, 
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 "For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Ginnie's hand. 
 
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 "'Cos a man needs a woman to love him all the time. 
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 "Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find. 
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 "I'd build for my Ginnie, a honeymoon home. 
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 "Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome." 
 
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 Where the river is winding, 
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 Big nuggets they're finding. 
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 North to Alaska, 
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 They're goin' North, the rush is on. 
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 North to Alaska, 
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 They're goin' North, the rush is on. 
 
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 Way up north, (north To Alaska.) 
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 Way up north, (north To Alaska.) 
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 Way up north, (North To Alaska.)