Slim Dusty – Gettin Up And Goin (Guitar)

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It's the gettin' up and knowin' that you're on the road again that keeps you goin'

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Like a bird out in the sky movin' free until I die, I'll not be slowin' down.

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People always say you must get tired of the road

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Well, I fire back and say “Hell there's freedom on the road”

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When you're out there really rolling its just the way of life

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it’s the settin' out or settin' down where you can have your strife

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You hope the run gets better, its hope you lean upon

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You hope the crowds are friendlier than where you’ve just come from

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Someone walks up and says “hey you’re looking younger every day”

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And you try to snatch his autograph before he slips away, hey.

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Cause, it's the gettin' up and knowin' that you're on the road again that keeps you goin'

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Like a bird out in the sky movin' free until I die, I'll not be slowin' down.

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I hit the road in '54 with nineteen quid to spend

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We never made much money, but we needed little then

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And now we span this big old land in speeding cars or plane

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Sometimes I just sit back and dream how times have really changed.

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Your roots are planted no-where so you've got no yen to stay

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Ah, it ‘Twas see you old mate, but I must be on my way

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And if you ever feel that gypsy blood seeping through your veins

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and you’ve lived the life I’m talking of, well I doubt if you will change. hey.

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Cause, it's the gettin' up and knowin' that you're on the road again that keeps you goin'

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Like a bird out in the sky movin' free until I die, I'll not be slowin' down.

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      Slowin' down.

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      Slowin' down.