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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.
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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 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,
G
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)