Intro
F#m for as long as you like!
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While riding down the highway with Cowboy Joe
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I met Leonardo DiCaprio
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Leo, he's tryin to get away from
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The unwanted advances of Eminem
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Em's wearing drawstrings and lispin' along
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Sayin' "please put me into your highway song"
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I say hey, who's goin' my way
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On that great Alaska Highway
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I would never be so dumb
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To say they stole an election
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They bought the damn thing fair and square
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The emperor's in his underwear
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Old King Cole's a merry old troll
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Surgeon General smokes Marlboro
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I say hey, who's goin' my way
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On that great Alaska Highway
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I say hey, who's goin' my way
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On that great Alaska Highway
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Commandment Three says Do Not Kill
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Amendment Two says Blood Will Spill
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God sits in his rocking chair
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With two flat tires and one good spare
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Britney Spears joins Cowboy Joe
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With a hey and a ho and a do si do
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I say hey, who's goin' my way
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On that great Alaska Highway
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West Palm Beach and Cheech and Rae Dawn
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Chong, can't we all just get along
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Anchored down in Kodiak
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With a heart attack ak-ak-ak-ak-ak
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You oughta know by now, By Joel
(Note: on the recording, a solo is played over the verse progression and the
above break is then repeated. )
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While hanging out with Cowboy Joe
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Keith Richards stops to say hello
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I play my guitar, he plays along
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With song after song after song after song
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Now that I've played with the likes of him
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Ain't never gonna settle for less, my friend
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I say hey, who's goin' my way
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On that great Alaska Highway
(repeat chorus to end)