• Song:

    Walk A Mile In My Shoes

  • Artist:

    Joe South

  • Album:

    Games People Play / Wal...

Walk A Mile In My Shoes:Joe South.
#12 in 1970.

INTRO: A B D E A

#1.
A (x02220@1)                                                  BIf (x2444x@1)I could be you, and you could be me, for just one hour.
            D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)                AIf (x02220@1)we could find, a way to get inside, each others mind.
A (x02220@1)                                                    BIf (x2444x@1)you could see you, through my eyes, instead of your ego..
    D (xx0232@1)                          E (022100@1)                  AI (x02220@1)believe you'd be, surprised to see, that you'd been blind.

Mmm..mmm.

CHORUS:
A (x02220@1)                                        DWalk (xx0232@1)a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
                 Eyeah, (022100@1)before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
                  Awalk (x02220@1)a mile in my shoes.

#2.
A (x02220@1)                                                     BWell, (x2444x@1)your whole world, you see around you, is just a reflection.
               D (xx0232@1)                       E (022100@1)                 AAnd (x02220@1)the Law of Common, says you're gonna reap, just what you sow.
A (x02220@1)                                       BSo, (x2444x@1)unless, you've lived a life, of total perfection..
                       D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)                    Amm-mm, (x02220@1)you'd better be careful, of every stone, that you should throw.

#3.
A (x02220@1)                                           BYet, (x2444x@1)we spend the day, throwing stones at one another..
              D (xx0232@1)               E (022100@1)                Acause (x02220@1)I don't think, or wear my hair, same way you do.
A (x02220@1)                                         BWell, (x2444x@1)I may be, common people, but I'm your brother.
             D (xx0232@1)                    E (022100@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)when you strike out, and try to hurt me, it's a hurtin' you.
ALord (x02220@1)have mercy.

CHORUS:
A (x02220@1)                                        DWalk (xx0232@1)a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
                 Eyeah, (022100@1)before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
                  Awalk (x02220@1)a mile in my shoes.

#4.
A (x02220@1)                                               BThere (x2444x@1)are people, on reservations, and out in the ghettos..
             D (xx0232@1)                         E (022100@1)             Aand (x02220@1)brother, there, but for the grace of God, go you and I.
A (x02220@1)                                B (x2444x@1)                           DIf (xx0232@1)I only, had the wings of little Angels, don'tcha you know I'd fly,
                  E (022100@1)                    Ato (x02220@1)the top of the mountain, and then I'd cry.

CHORUS:
A (x02220@1)                                        DWalk (xx0232@1)a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
                 Eyeah, (022100@1)before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
                  Awalk (x02220@1)a mile in my shoes.

CHORUS:
A (x02220@1)                                        DWalk (xx0232@1)a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
                 Eyeah, (022100@1)before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
                  Awalk (x02220@1)a mile in my shoes.

OUTRO:
A (x02220@1)                                        DWalk (xx0232@1)a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
                 Eyeah, (022100@1)before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
                  Awalk (x02220@1)a mile in my shoes.

A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.


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