Written by PUP
Intro Em Am Em In the Yukon valley Where I spent my summer past Am I was alone in the bush where G B4 The tide's slow and the river moves fast Em And, oh that lowly temptress That golden witch Am We were on the tundra Em In a land where the sun don't set ( B5 A#5 ) A7 In the Yukon valley C Where you left me C Em You left me on my knees Em On the Athabasca Delta We retraced our tracks Am All through the woods where we found G B4 A compass and a prospector's map Em And I pushed off in my boat With the gold prospector's ghost Am Search forever G B4 But you won't ever find your C G Em D Gold The river swallowed it C G Em D whole A7 In the Yukon valley C Where you left me C Em You left me on my knees ( B5 A#5 ) A7 On the great slave river C To the West C Em To the West, I'm headed East (B5 A#5 ) A7 In the Yukon Valley C To the West Solo Em Am G B4 Em Am G B4 Em C G Em I watched you dying D As the temperature was C G Em D rising A7 In the Yukon Valley C Where you left me C Em You left me on my knees ( B5 A#5 ) A7 On the great slave river C To the West C Em To the West, but I'm headed East ( B5 A#5 ) A7 In the Yukon valley C To the West To the West Em But I'm headed East