Biography:
Jonas Alaska (born Jonas Aslaksen on April 3. 1988) is a singer/songwriter from Åmli, Norway.
He moved to Liverpool, where he studied music at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
In september 2011, he released his self-titled debutalbum on Jansen Plateproduksjon.
The debut album was recorded at Cabin Recorders with Thom Hell and Even Ormestad (Jaga Jazzist) as producers.
Acoustic Americana Pop
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Half step down tuning (EbAbDbGbBbeb)
Though any chord variations might work just fine, it sounds best if you use barre chords. That is what
Jonas Alaska uses himself when playing live. Here's a representation of which frets he play them on:
A ------ 5 fret
B ------ 8 fret
F#m ---- 2 fret
E ------ 0 fret and 12 fret on bridge
Eadd9 -- 0 fret
C#m ---- 4 fret and 9 fret on bridge/last chorus
G#m ---- 4 fret
INTRO
A - B - F#m - E x4
VERSE
A B F#m
I'm Sorry
F#m E A
I'll leave you alone tonight
A B F#m
My darling
F#m E A
I've never been one to fight
A B F#m
You crush me
F#m E A
You break me and watch me die
A B F#m
I'm rusty
F#m E Eadd9
I'm sorry I made you cry
CHORUS
B - A
A C#m G#m E
But I love you, I love you, baby
B A
Ooh oooooh
C#m - G#m - Eadd9 - B - A
C#m G#m F#m
I love you, I love you, baby
F#m G#m
Ooh oooooh
INTERLUDE
A - B - F#m - E x2
Then everything repeats until
SOLO
sb - slight bend
p - pull off/on
s - slide
b - bend
A - B - C#m - G#m - - - A - B - F#m - E
E---------------------------------------------9---11s12-----------------|
A----9--9p11------------------11-9-11--11-------------------------------|
D-------------9--11------11p9-------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E - - A - B - - C#m - G#m - F#m - - G#m
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------9--11--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------9----9---9p11------------------11------11-9-11-----------------9-------|
B-----------------------------9~--(9)----9b10b9-----------------9--9--9-9b10b9---------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE
A B E
My party is over
E A B C#m
I'm at the bottom, I'm broken and blue
A B E
Like cribs ......
E A
I'll be over and out
A B E
I'm sorry I did this to you
Continuing right into last chorus...
E - B - A
C#m G#m E
I love you, I love you, baby
B A
Ooh ooooh
C#m G#m E
I love you, I love you, baby
B A
Ooh ooooh
C#m G#m F#m
I love you, I love you, baby
F#m G#m Eadd9
Ooh ooooh
Though any chord variations might work just fine, it sounds best if you use barre chords. That is what
Jonas Alaska uses himself when playing live. Here's a representation of which frets he play them on:
A ------ 5 fret
B ------ 8 fret
F#m ---- 2 fret
E ------ 0 fret and 12 fret on bridge
Eadd9 -- 0 fret
C#m ---- 4 fret and 9 fret on bridge/last chorus
G#m ---- 4 fret
INTRO
A - B - F#m - E x4
VERSE
A B F#m
I'm Sorry
F#m E A
I'll leave you alone tonight
A B F#m
My darling
F#m E A
I've never been one to fight
A B F#m
You crush me
F#m E A
You break me and watch me die
A B F#m
I'm rusty
F#m E Eadd9
I'm sorry I made you cry
CHORUS
B - A
A C#m G#m E
But I love you, I love you, baby
B A
Ooh oooooh
C#m - G#m - Eadd9 - B - A
C#m G#m F#m
I love you, I love you, baby
F#m G#m
Ooh oooooh
INTERLUDE
A - B - F#m - E x2
Then everything repeats until
SOLO
sb - slight bend
p - pull off/on
s - slide
b - bend
A - B - C#m - G#m - - - A - B - F#m - E
E---------------------------------------------9---11s12-----------------|
A----9--9p11------------------11-9-11--11-------------------------------|
D-------------9--11------11p9-------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E - - A - B - - C#m - G#m - F#m - - G#m
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------9--11--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------9----9---9p11------------------11------11-9-11-----------------9-------|
B-----------------------------9~--(9)----9b10b9-----------------9--9--9-9b10b9---------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE
A B E
My party is over
E A B C#m
I'm at the bottom, I'm broken and blue
A B E
Like cribs ......
E A
I'll be over and out
A B E
I'm sorry I did this to you
Continuing right into last chorus...
E - B - A
C#m G#m E
I love you, I love you, baby
B A
Ooh ooooh
C#m G#m E
I love you, I love you, baby
B A
Ooh ooooh
C#m G#m F#m
I love you, I love you, baby
F#m G#m Eadd9
Ooh ooooh
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