Slim Dusty - Lace up shoes

L^Cet me tell you a little story bout the ^Dway things used to be My ^GDad took me to Sydney ba^Fck in 1^C943 ^FHe said Son you’re not wearing those they’d ca^Cll us bush gal^AMoots If^G you went out and walked about in those hi^Fgh-heeled riding b^Coots

But ^FI stand back and laugh today at the ^Cway that times have changed So ^Fmany town-folk dressed as if they just ^Cstepped off the r^Gange But^F that day back in 43 I co^Culd not pick and cho^AMose The^G day me old man made me wear a^F pair of lace up s^Choes

We we^Cnt out to regal Zonophone on Pa^Drramatta road We w^Galked along Columbia lane where so^Fme famous feet have s^Ctrode But the m^Fan in charge was not impressed, ^CDon’t call us we’ll call ^AMyou And to ^Gmake things worse my feet still hurt from those d^Fammed new lace-up ^Cshoes

And there^C were soldiers everywhere in town ^Dsix o’clock was closing time And if you ^Gdidn’t tip everywhere you went the ^Fyanks won all the ^Ctime I was p^Fushed along as I dreamed of home where the^C skies were clean and^AM blue Far a^Gway from this rat race in town and big ^Fmobs with lace-up s^Choes

But ^FI stand back and laugh today at the w^Cay that times have changed So^F many town-folk dressed as if ^Cthey just stepped off the r^Gange Bu^Ft that day back in 43 I c^Could not pick and c^AMhoose The^G day my old man made me wea^Fr a pair of lace-up ^Cshoes

Now^C as I look back on the singing track since^D 1943 The h^Garder I worked, you know old mate, the ^Fluckier I seeme^Cd to be But I’ve a^Flways sung of the old home run in the^C best was that I ^AMknew But I st^Gill feel bad when I think of Dad and those dam^Fmed new lace-up s^Choes

Yeah ^FI stand back and laugh today at the w^Cay that times have changed So ^Fmany town-folk dressed as if they j^Cust stepped off the r^Gage I’ve ^Flived my life with few regrets, the ^Csame again I’d choos^AMe And Be ^Gflat as a tack in this old felt hat with my ^Fpair of Williams s^Choes.