Chords for Slim Dusty family and tribute to Slim

[Cm] We need to pay tribute to the King.
He [Gm] wasn't just the King of country music, [Cm] but he was a member of the family.
And [Gm] tonight, as we pay tribute to him, I'm sure [Bb] we'll all be sending our love up [Ab] to Slim and I [Eb] hope he's looking down and enjoying the night.
_ This is the concert [Bb] that will be remembered as the night we [Gm] pay tribute [Eb] to the man, the legend, who paved the way for country music [Bb] in Australia.
We're at the TREC, the Tamworth [Eb] Regional Entertainment Centre in Tamworth, during [Ebm] the Country [Bb] Music Festival and tonight we remember [Eb] the legend, Slim Dusty.
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_ _ _ _ Well I've walked a [C] mile or two [G] in my lifetime [C] And I've travelled down some muddy [G] tracks and I
[D] As [G] if I wanted [C] to get where [Bm] I was [C] going I [G] knew I'd just [D] have to walk that [G] country line _
[C] Well a country mile can seem the longest distance _ A man could ever travel when [G] he's down
_ _ And you curse the never-ending road before you When you think you'll never make [C] it into town
_ But [F] you meet a friend or two along the highway [C] And you learn [A] a lot you never knew [D] before
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If the [C] journey takes a lifetime When you [F] thought [D] you'd run too
[G] Well you just don't give up easy [C] anymore
[D] _ Well [G] I've walked a mile [Cm] or two in [G] my lifetime [C] And I've travelled down some muddy [G] tracks and I
As [D] _ [G] if I [C] wanted to get where [B] I was [C] going I [G] knew I'd just [D] have to walk that [G] country mile _
Ladies _ [C] and [B] gentlemen, please [C] welcome, Joy McCain
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_ _ _ Hello _
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Often _ _ _ _
_ [C] that long mile has shown me changes _ Changes in the people [G] and the land
But I'll bet the road to Marble Bar's no better _ Than when I drove in trucks and [C]
caravans
_ [F] And a country bloke is still the same old battler _ [C] No matter what [A] the job he's [D] working in
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[C] And though I've travelled many miles I still can't [D] wait to see [G] What the next long country mile [C] will bring
[D] Well [G] I've walked a [C] mile or two [G] in my lifetime [C] And I've travelled down some muddy [G] tracks and I
As [D] _ [G] if I [C] wanted to get where [B] I was _ [C] going I [G]
knew I'd just [D] have to walk that [G] country mile
Yes I knew I'd have to walk that country mile
_ [C] [B] Thank _ [C] _
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_ Thank _ you everyone [N] and welcome
Welcome to a huge celebration tonight, especially for Slim
And just to begin with I simply wanted to thank every one of you who through the years have supported Slim and his family
Supported the music that he's brought to all over Australia
So now as Slim always says, let's get on with it _ _
_ [E] Well the song I'm doing tonight is called Losing My Blues [Gbm] Tonight
And it's one I used to sing when I was [A] quite young
And it's so nice to have references to trains, I've always [G] been mad on [Gb] trains
And that was my first [G] real introduction to a Slim Dusty song other than Indy Pacific that was about trains
[A] And I really love the tune, I've just recorded it on my new record [G] actually as well so I made the