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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A B D
You take a rickety plane from Seattle up into Anchorage
A B D
You step off the platform staring at the midnight sun
A B
Jump in my pickup, brother, we'll drive
C#min B A
Bring your troubles down highway nine.
Emin B
I've got a pull-out couch and a job lined up at a cannery
Emin B
You hitch a ride to Homer, Alaska, brother, the drinks will be on me
CHORUS
D Emin
Raise a glass, lift a chalice
A B
Welcome to Alice's Champagne Palace
C#min B A B
The finest bar on the strip in Homer, Alaska, Alaska
D Emin A B
If you're from New York, Dallas, you'll find a home at the Champagne Palace
C#min B Emin
A B
Alice'll pour you a cold one, go ahead and ask her, if you're running away
D
to Alaska, Alaska
A B D
The mountains rise from ocean to sky in Homer, Alaska
A B D
They'll the steal your breath and your troubles in the blink of an eye
A B C#min
B A
You'll hear a band with a steel guitar, there's a window seat right at the bar
Emin B
The whales are breaching and Alice is preaching "like a rolling stone"
Emin B
She'll push a mason jar across the bar and say "Mister, welcome home!"
CHORUS
A B D
You've never been to a prettier place than Homer, Alaska
A B D
You've never met a kinder face than the one behind the bar
A B C#min B A
Now, Homer is a town full of misfit toys, renegade women and runaway boys
Emin B
Everyobody's got some kind of story here in Homer town.
Emin B
Guess sometimes you gotta go to the end of the earth, just to turn yourself around
CHORUS
A B A B
D
Brother, 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
