{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1802888,"song":"Going To Alaska","artist":"The Mountain Goats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11397396-going-to-alaska-chords-by-the-mountain-goats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1802888?type=chord","rating":4.88877,"votes":5,"content":"For live versions, in standard tuning either go with above or:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nor[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nfor the main pattern\r\n\r\n-1/2 step\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe jacaranda are wet with color,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the heat is a great paint brush, lending color to our lives,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto the air, and to our faces; but I'm going to Alaska[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhere there's snow to suck the sound out from the air.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUp, yes, in the branches,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe purple blossoms, go pale at the edges;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthere is moaning in the shifting of the sap, and I see in them traces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof last year, but then they hadn't grown so strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand their limbs were more like wires. Now they are cables.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthick and alive with alien electricity, and I am going to Alaska,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhere you can go blind just by looking at the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhere fat is eaten by itself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\njust to keep your body warm.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause from where we are now, it seems, really,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat everything is growing in a thousand different ways;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat the soil is soaked through with old blood and with relatives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwho were buried here, or close to here, and they are giving rise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto what is happening. Or can you tell me otherwise?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am going to Alaska, where the animals can kill you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut they do so in silence, as though if no-one hears them,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthen it really won't matter. I am going to Alaska.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey tell me that it's perfect for my purposes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"For live versions, in standard tuning either go with above or:\n\nE A E B\n\nfor the main pattern\n\n-1/2 step\nG C G D  G C G D  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nC G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C G D\nG C G D G","chords":["A","D","E","B","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}