Biography:
Ellis Paul (born Paul Plissey, January 14, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born in Aroostook County, Maine, Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting, a literate, provocative and urbanely romantic folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s. His folk-pop music songs have appeared in movies and on television, and are said to bridge the gap between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
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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:
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--0--2--4--4--5--4--2--0---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
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
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:
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--0--2--4--4--5--4--2--0---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
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
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