PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
063 - Lookin’ Forward, Lookin’ Back
Chorus
Look-in' for-ward, look-in' back
I've come a long way down the track
got a long way left to go
mak-ing songs from what I know.
Chorus 2
Mak-ing sen-se of what I've seen
all the love we've had be-tween
you and I a-long the track
look-in’ for-ward, look-in’ back.
Verse 1
There are s-t-r-a-n-g-e day-s
full of change a-long the way
but we'll be fine un-like so-me
I'll be lean-ing for-ward
to see what's com-ing (pause)
Chorus
Look-in’ for-ward, look-in’ back
I've come a long way down the track
got a long way left to go
mak-ing songs from what I know.
16 x Bar Instrumental
Verse 2
If I'm a-lone at night
I can se-e
thro-ugh all tri-vi-al-i-ty
of the day and I'm o-ka-y
I just think of those who are dear to me (pause)
Chorus
Look-in’ for-ward, look-in’ back
I've come along way down the track
got a long way left to go
mak-ing so-ngs from what I know.
Tag
Making so-ngs from what I know
Look-in’ forward, look-in’ back
David Gordon Kirkpatrick born on 13 June 1927 in Kempsey, New South Wales, the son of a cattle farmer. Kirkpatrick adopted the stage name "Slim Dusty" in 1938 at eleven years of age.