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GUITAR and horns enter:
(BASS ARRANGED FOR GUITAR)
Hey hey uh huh huh huh huh oh
Uh huh huh huh huh huh yeah, Oh
Verse:
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Twenty five miles from home girl
Ab Db B
My feet are hurting mighty bad
Ab
Now I've been walking for three days
Db B
And two lonely nights
Ab Db B
You know that I'm mighty mad, huh
Ab Db
But I got a woman waiting for me
B Ab Db B
That's gonna make this trip worthwhile
Ab Db B
You see she's got the kind of lovin' and a kissing
Ab Db
A make a man go stone wild
B Ab Db
So I got to keep on walkin', hmm hmm huh
B Ab Db B
I got to walk on, oh ho ho
Ab F# Db Ab
I, I, I, I, I'm so tired
Ab F# Db Ab
But I just can't lose my stride
Verse:
Ab Db
I got fifteen miles to go now
B Ab Db B
And I can hear my baby calling my name
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It's as if as though I'm standing at her front door
Ab Db
I can hear that doggone plain
B Ab Db
Now I'll be so glad to see my baby
B Ab Db
And hold her in my arms one more time, heh
B Ab
Now when I kiss her lips
Db B
I turn a back over flip
Ab Db
and I'll forget these feet of mine
B Ab Db
I got to keep on walkin', hey
B Ab Db
I got to walk on
B
Let me tell you y'all
Ab F# Db Ab
I, I, I, I, I'm so tired
Ab F# Db Ab Ab Db B Ab Db B
But I just can't lose my stride
BREAK:
Ab Db
Wooh, come on feet don't fail me now
B Ab Db
I got ten more miles to go
Ab Db Ab Db
I got nine, eight, seven, six, six, six
Ab Db
I got a five more miles to go now
B Ab Db
Over the hill just around the bend
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Huh, although my feet are tired I can't lose my stride
Ab Db
I got to get to my baby again
B Ab Db
I got to keep on walkin', hmm hmm hey
B Ab
I got to walk on
Db B
Wait, let me tell you y'all
Ab F# Db Ab
I, I, I, I, I'm so tired
Ab F# Db Ab
But I just can't lose my stride
OUTRO:
Ab Db
Walking, yeah, hmm
B Ab Db
I got to walk on
B
Let me tell you y'all
Ab F# Db Ab
I see my baby just across the bend
Ab F# Db Ab
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh
Ab Db
Walking hey hey now
B Ab
I got to walk on
Db B
Let me tell you y'all, got to say
Ab F# Db Ab
I, I, I, I, I'm so tired - FADE OUT
Written by Harvey Fuqua/Edwin Starr