Key: D
Introduction:
D
INTRO
D
Honey pack your bags, grab your old blue jeans,
C G D
We're gonna go fishin' in a mountain stream.
D
Well I know a little shack way up in the hills,
C G
Twenty-five miles from Harrietville,
D
In the high country.
D
Honey you should see all the stars up there,
C G D
They shine so bright through the cold night air.
D
I'm gonna build you a fire that'll burn real hot,
C G
And I'll stay with you at the old camp hut,
D
In the high country.
A
I've got my four-wheel drive and I'm ready to roll,
G
I wanna go flyin' up an old dirt road.
A
Up in the hills where the brumbies roam,
G
This land must surely be God's own
D C D
In the high country, in the high country.
D
In the drought of 1882,
C G D
The Maddison's brought the cattle through.
From Mountain Creek to the Staircase Spur,
C G
We'll follow the tracks where they pushed the herd
D
Up to the high country.
A
I've got my four-wheel drive and I'm ready to roll,
G
I wanna go flyin' up an old dirt road.
A
Up in the hills where the snow gums stand,
G
You can see forever across this land
D A
In the high country, that's where I wanna be,
G
Walkin' with you by a mountain stream.
D A
High country, that's where I wanna go,
Gsus
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INSTRUMENTAL
A
I've got my four-wheel drive and I'm ready to roll,
G
I wanna go flyin' up an old dirt road.
A
Up in the hills where the snow gums stand,
G
You can see forever across this land
D A G
I'm headin' for the hi-gh country.
D C G
Headin' for the hi-gh country.
D A G
I'm headin' for the hi-gh country.
D C G
That's where I wanna go, hi-gh country. (repeat similar to fade)