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Going To Alaska

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For live versions, in standard tuning either go with above or:
AorD  A  E  
E A E B
for the main pattern
-1/2 step
G C G D  G C G D
GThe jacaranda are Cwet with color,
and the Gheat is a great paint brush, Dlending color to our lives,
to thGe air, and to our faces; but I'm Cgoing to Alaska
where there's Gsnow to suck the sound out Dfrom the air.
C G
GUp, yes, Cin the branches,
Gthe purple blossoms, go Dpale at the edges;
there is Gmoaning in the shifting of the Csap, and I see in them traces
Gof last year, but then they Dhadn't grown so strong,
Gand their limbs were more like wires. CNow they are cables.
Gthick and alive with alien eDlectricity, and I am Ggoing to Alaska,
where Cyou can go blind just by Glooking at the ground,
Dwhere fat is eaten by itself
Cjust to keep your body warGm.
GBecause from where we are Cnow, it seems, really,
that Geverything is growing in a Dthousand different ways;
Gthat the soil is soaked through with old Cblood and with relatives
Gwho were buried here, or close to here, and Dthey are giving rise
Gto what is happening. Or can you Ctell me otherwise?
I am Ggoing to Alaska, where the Danimals can kill you,
but they Gdo so in silence, as Cthough if no-one hears them,
then it Greally won't matter. I am Dgoing to Alaska.
CThey tell me that it's perfect for my Gpurposes.
G C G D
G C G D G

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Going To Alaska

by The Mountain Goats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

For live versions, in standard tuning either go with above or:

A D A E

E A E B

for the main pattern

-1/2 step

G C G D G C G D

G C

The jacaranda are wet with color,

G D

and the heat is a great paint brush, lending color to our lives,

G C

to the air, and to our faces; but I'm going to Alaska

G D

where there's snow to suck the sound out from the air.

C G

G C

Up, yes, in the branches,

G D

the purple blossoms, go pale at the edges;

G C

there is moaning in the shifting of the sap, and I see in them traces

G D

of last year, but then they hadn't grown so strong,

G C

and their limbs were more like wires. Now they are cables.

G D G

thick and alive with alien electricity, and I am going to Alaska,

C G

where you can go blind just by looking at the ground,

where fat is eaten by itself

C G

just to keep your body warm.

G C

Because from where we are now, it seems, really,

G D

that everything is growing in a thousand different ways;

G C

that the soil is soaked through with old blood and with relatives

G D

who were buried here, or close to here, and they are giving rise

G C

to what is happening. Or can you tell me otherwise?

G D

I am going to Alaska, where the animals can kill you,

G C

but they do so in silence, as though if no-one hears them,

G D

then it really won't matter. I am going to Alaska.

C G

They tell me that it's perfect for my purposes.

G C G D

G C G D G

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