Twenty Five Miles
Edwin Starr
GUITAR and horns enter: (BASS ARRANGED FOR GUITAR) - 4x’s E -------------------- B -------------------- G -------------------- D -------------------- A --------2-4--2-4-2-- E --4---4------------- Hey hey uh huh huh huh huh oh Uh huh huh huh huh huh yeah Oh Verse: Twenty five miles from home girl My feet are hurting mighty bad Now I’ve been walking for three days And two lonely nights You know that I’m mighty mad huh But I got a woman waiting for me That’s gonna make this trip worthwhile You see she’s got the kind of lovin’ and a kissing A make a man go stone wild So I got to keep on walkin’ hmm hmm huh I got to walk on oh ho ho I I I I I’m so tired But I just can’t lose my stride Verse: I got fifteen miles to go now And I can hear my baby calling my name It’s as if as though I’m standing at her front door I can hear that doggone plain Now I’ll be so glad to see my baby And hold her in my arms one more time heh Now when I kiss her lips I turn a back over flip and I’ll forget these feet of mine I got to keep on walkin’ hey I got to walk on Let me tell you y’all I I I I I’m so tired But I just can’t lose my stride BREAK: Wooh come on feet don’t fail me now I got ten more miles to go I got nine eight seven six six six I got a five more miles to go now Over the hill just around the bend Huh although my feet are tired I can’t lose my stride I got to get to my baby again I got to keep on walkin’ hmm hmm hey I got to walk on Wait let me tell you y’all I I I I I’m so tired But I just can’t lose my stride OUTRO: Walking yeah hmm I got to walk on Let me tell you y’all I see my baby just across the bend Wooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh Walking hey hey now I got to walk on Let me tell you y’all got to say I I I I I’m so tired - FADE OUT
