Intro
G#m for as long as you like!
G#m
While riding down the highway with Cowboy Joe
G#m
I met Leonardo DiCaprio
G#m
Leo, he's tryin to get away from
G#m
The unwanted advances of Eminem
E
Em's wearing drawstrings and lispin' along
G#m
Sayin' "please put me into your highway song"
E B
I say hey, who's goin' my way
D#7 G#m
On that great Alaska Highway
G#m
I would never be so dumb
G#m
To say they stole an election
G#m
They bought the damn thing fair and square
G#m
The emperor's in his underwear
E
Old King Cole's a merry old troll
G#m
Surgeon General smokes Marlboro
E B
I say hey, who's goin' my way
D#7 G#m
On that great Alaska Highway
E B
I say hey, who's goin' my way
D#7 G#m
On that great Alaska Highway
G#m
Commandment Three says Do Not Kill
G#m
Amendment Two says Blood Will Spill
G#m
God sits in his rocking chair
G#m
With two flat tires and one good spare
E
Britney Spears joins Cowboy Joe
G#m
With a hey and a ho and a do si do
E B
I say hey, who's goin' my way
D#7 G#m
On that great Alaska Highway
E
West Palm Beach and Cheech and Rae Dawn
G#m
Chong, can't we all just get along
E
Anchored down in Kodiak
D#7
With a heart attack ak-ak-ak-ak-ak
E D#7
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. )
G#m
While hanging out with Cowboy Joe
G#m
Keith Richards stops to say hello
G#m
I play my guitar, he plays along
G#m
With song after song after song after song
E
Now that I've played with the likes of him
G#m
Ain't never gonna settle for less, my friend
E B
I say hey, who's goin' my way
D#7 G#m
On that great Alaska Highway
(repeat chorus to end)