High Country

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