Biography:
South had several hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s with songs such as "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home" and "Walk a Mile in My Shoes". His biggest and most remembered single was "Games People Play" (1968), a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and which bears a striking resemblance to the children's gospel song, "I Don't Want to Be a Pharisee". It was featured on his first album, Introspect.
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Walk A Mile In My Shoes:Joe South.
#12 in 1970.
INTRO: A B D E A
#1.
A B
If I could be you, and you could be me, for just one hour.
D E A
If we could find, a way to get inside, each others mind.
A B
If you could see you, through my eyes, instead of your ego..
D E A
I believe you'd be, surprised to see, that you'd been blind.
Mmm..mmm.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
#2.
A B
Well, your whole world, you see around you, is just a reflection.
D E A
And the Law of Common, says you're gonna reap, just what you sow.
A B
So, unless, you've lived a life, of total perfection..
D E A
mm-mm, you'd better be careful, of every stone, that you should throw.
#3.
A B
Yet, we spend the day, throwing stones at one another..
D E A
cause I don't think, or wear my hair, same way you do.
A B
Well, I may be, common people, but I'm your brother.
D E A
And when you strike out, and try to hurt me, it's a hurtin' you.
A
Lord have mercy.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
#4.
A B
There are people, on reservations, and out in the ghettos..
D E A
and brother, there, but for the grace of God, go you and I.
A B D
If I only, had the wings of little Angels, don'tcha you know I'd fly,
E A
to the top of the mountain, and then I'd cry.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
OUTRO:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
#12 in 1970.
INTRO: A B D E A
#1.
A B
If I could be you, and you could be me, for just one hour.
D E A
If we could find, a way to get inside, each others mind.
A B
If you could see you, through my eyes, instead of your ego..
D E A
I believe you'd be, surprised to see, that you'd been blind.
Mmm..mmm.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
#2.
A B
Well, your whole world, you see around you, is just a reflection.
D E A
And the Law of Common, says you're gonna reap, just what you sow.
A B
So, unless, you've lived a life, of total perfection..
D E A
mm-mm, you'd better be careful, of every stone, that you should throw.
#3.
A B
Yet, we spend the day, throwing stones at one another..
D E A
cause I don't think, or wear my hair, same way you do.
A B
Well, I may be, common people, but I'm your brother.
D E A
And when you strike out, and try to hurt me, it's a hurtin' you.
A
Lord have mercy.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
#4.
A B
There are people, on reservations, and out in the ghettos..
D E A
and brother, there, but for the grace of God, go you and I.
A B D
If I only, had the wings of little Angels, don'tcha you know I'd fly,
E A
to the top of the mountain, and then I'd cry.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
CHORUS:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
OUTRO:
A D
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes..
E D
yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse,
A
walk a mile in my shoes.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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