Suzzy Roche - To Alaska With Love

      Suzzy Roche - To Alaska With Love




[Verse 1]
F
She tried to push him away 
                C
With a ten foot pole
         Bb                    C
Saying, "I'm just a crusty old doughnut
            F
Without any hole"

Weary and bewildered bachelor 
             C
How could he know
Bb                         C
She'd move her suitcase to his place 
  F
A year ago


[Verse 2]
G
There he stood in the doorway 
           C
No clothes wearing
G
Asking permission to give all his 
C
Love and his caring

Love and care


[Verse 3]

Theirs is a real thing
              F
A dish in the sink
             C
A dog in the stairwell
         F
Making a stink
           E7   F
They got a true love
G           F        C   F  C
So real you can feel it


[Verse 4]
    F
For Christmas he gave her
                  C
A silver and gold Jewish star
   Bb                   C
He put it on top of the tree
                     F
And said, "There you are"

She giggled and cried 
                              C
And rolled on the living room floor
    Bb                    C
And laughed at all of his jokes
                    F
So he told her some more


[Verse 5]
G
There he stood in the doorway
             C
Crumpled and daring
G
Asking permission to give all his 
             C
Love and his caring

Love and care


[Verse 6]

Theirs is a real thing
                F
A working man's shoe
                    C
Worn through at the sole
           F
As good as new
           E7   F
They got a true love
G           F        C   F  C
So real you can feel it


[Bridge]
D                                                   Bb
Five o'clock by the window pane, watching the rain
      F       C     D  
New York city blues
                                                      Bb
Oh, the rain's coming down hard, it's dark out there 
               F            C
You gotta have something to do


[Verse 7]
   F                                           C
So one day she said, "I must go to Alaska this winter"
   Bb                    C
He yelled and kicked the table
              G
His toe got a splinter
F                                           C
Still he escorted her up to the gate at the airport
         Bb                    C                         F
Saying, "Damn it, I don't understand what you have to go there for"


[Verse 8]
G
Calendar pages were flipping
               C
He stayed home waiting
         G
Saying, "Oh, this woman I love is 
       C F C F C
So irritating"


[Verse 9]

Theirs is a real thing
               F
A welcome home kiss
                 C
The smell of his whiskers 
             F
That she did miss
           E7   F
They got a true love
G           F        C 
So real you can feel it