Walk A Country Mile Song Lyrics and Chords by Slim Dusty
Walk A Country Mile
Recorded by Slim Dusty
Written by Joy McKean
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Well I've walked a mile or
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two in my
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lifetime
And I've
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traveled down some muddy tracks and
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dry
Cause if I wanted to
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get where I was
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go-in
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g
I knew I'd
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just have to
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walk that country
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mile
Now a
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country mile would be the longest distance
A man could ever travel when he's
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down
And you
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curse the never ending road before you
When you think you'll never make it into
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town
But you
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meet a friend or two along the highway
And you'll
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learn a lot you
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never knew be
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fore
And if the
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journey takes a lifetime
When you
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thought a year or
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two
Well you
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just don't give up easy any
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more
Repeat #1 And I've...
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Walking that long mile has shown me changes
Changes in the people and the
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land
But I'll
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bet the road to Marble Bar's no better
Than when I drove with trucks and
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caravans
And a
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country bloke is still the same old battler
No
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matter what the
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place he's working
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in
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though I've covered many miles
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still can't wait to
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see
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What the next country mile will
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bring
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Yes I knew I'd have to
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walk that country
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mile
FAQ
Who sang the the song Walk A Country Mile?
- The song Walk A Country Mile was sang by Slim Dusty.
Who is Slim Dusty?
- Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick 13 June 1927 - 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades and producing numerous recordings. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australia, particularly of bush life and renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson that represented the lifestyle. The music genre was coined the "bush ballad", a style first made popular by Buddy Williams, the first artist to perform the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs.
Slim Dusty "released more than a hundred albums, selling more than seven million records and earning over 70 gold and platinum album certifications". He was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons' "A Pub with No Beer". He received an unequalled 45 Golden Guitar and an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) award. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and Australian Roll of Renown. At the time of his death, at the age of 76, Dusty had been working on his 106th album for EMI Records. In 2007, his domestic record sales in Australia surpassed seven million. During his lifetime, Dusty was considered an Australian National Treasure. He performed "Waltzing Matilda", a very famous song in Australia, at the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
