[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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 Gsus4
This land must surely be God's own
D C D
In the high country, in the high country, yeah
[Verse 3]
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In the drought of eighteen eighty two
C G D
The Maddisons brought the cattle through
D
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
[Chorus 2]
A
Oh 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 Gsus4
You can see forever across this land
D C
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
G
Got my bags packed, I'm ready to roll
[Instrumental]
D A G
D A G
[Outro]
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 Gsus4
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
Headin' for the hi - gh country
D C G
That's where I wanna go, (Hi-gh country)
D A G
Got my bags packed I'm ready to roll, up to the hi - gh country
D C G
Headin' for the hi - gh country
D A G
Headin' for the hi - gh country
D C G
Headin' for the hi - gh country
D A G
hi - gh country
D C G
hi - gh country