Aska Me Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][B][D][Dm][Am][B][D][Am][F#m][G#][B][F#m][G#]
[B][F#m]

[Verse 1]
[A]Aska [B]me abo[D]ut Ala[Am]ska,
if you [B]care a [D]tinker's [Am]dam n
[F#m]What I have [G#]to s[B]ay about[F#m] the
Russian [G#]Bear and [B]Uncle [F#m]Sam
[A]Vitus [B]Bering [D]redis[Dm] cov[Am]ered Straights
that [B]somehow [D]Bear his [Am]name
[F#m]After [G#]they had [B]been dis[F#m]covered
many [G#]times be[B]fore he [F#m]came
[A]Al [Am]ex an[B]der Ba[D]ranov,
[Am]Administrato[B]r to t[D]he Czar[Am]
[F#m]Sat in Si[G#]tka wi[B]th his bo[F#m]oks and paintings,
[G#]eating [B]caviar
[F#m]Then,[B][D][Am]
in 1867, Seward [B]bought it [D]for a [Am]song
[F#m]Sing a[G#] song of s[B]even m[F#m]illion,
and a [G#]fifth of [B]something [F#m]Strong
[Am]Playing [B]for it[D]self in [Am]gold,
some twenty [B]times [D]the price [Am]he payed
[F#m]"Seward's [G#]Folly" [B]was, by [F#m]golly,
where a [G#]killing [B]could be [F#m]made
[A]1912, a [B]ter[D]ritory[Am], 195[B]2, [D]a s[Am]tate
All [F#m]the Tl[G#]ingi[B]t's were so sorry,[F#m]
Uncle [G#]Sam had [B]come so [F#m]late
[Am]When [B]the [D]exp[Dm]loit[Am]ation's over
and the [B]last [D]exp[Am]loiter's gone
[F#m]Then w[G#]hatever l[B]eft of l[F#m]ife and limb can tr[G#]y to car[B]ry on[F#m][Am][B]

[Outro 1]
[D][Dm][Am][B][Dm]
[Am][F#m][G#][B][F#m][G#][B][F#m][Am][B][Dm][Am][B][Dm][Am][F#m][G#][B][F#m][G#][B][F#m]