It's A Long Long Way To The Top Of The World Song Lyrics and Chords
It's A Long Long Way To The Top Of The World Song Lyrics and Chords by Jim and Jesse
It's A Long Long Way To The Top Of The World
Recorded by Jim and Jesse
Written by Don Wayne
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It's a long long
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way to the
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top of the
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world
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short fall back
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A young fool filled with
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greed I let
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ambition
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rule
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Like a
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hunger that gnawed at my
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soul
I worked
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hard made my
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fortune but lost the
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heart of my
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darling
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lonely and
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her love soon grew
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cold
It's a
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long long way to the
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top of the world
On a
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rough road that
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winds round and
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round
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way to the
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top of the
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world
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Now I'm a big man with
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money but at
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love I'm a
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pauper
The love I
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once held now another man
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claims
I've reached the
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top of the
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world but my
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heart hit rock
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bottom
I can't
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make love to
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fortune and
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fame
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But it's only a
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FAQ
Who sang the the song It's A Long Long Way To The Top Of The World?
- The song It's A Long Long Way To The Top Of The World was sang by Jim and Jesse.
Who is Jim and Jesse?
- Jim & Jesse were an American bluegrass music duo composed of brothers Jim McReynolds (February 13, 1927 - December 31, 2002) and Jesse McReynolds (born July 9, 1929). The two were born and raised in Carfax, a community near Coeburn, Virginia. Their grandfather, Charles McReynolds, had led the band "The Bull Mountain Moonshiners" who recorded at the famous Bristol Sessions in 1927.