Biography:
David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE (13 June 1927—19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush Lifestyle, and also for his many trucking songs. Dusty was the first Australian to have a No. 1 Hit song with Gordon Parsons (Pub With No Beer).
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Other songs:
- Pub With No Beer
- A Fire Of Gidgee Coal
- Born To Be A Rolling Stone
- Camooweal
- Cattlemen From The High Plains
- Charleville
- Country Revival
- Cunnamulla Feller
- Duncan
- End Of The Canning Stock Route
- Gday Gday
- I Must Have Good Terbaccy When I Smoke
- Indian Pacific
- Innaminka Muster
- Keep The Lovelight Shining
- Lace Up Shoes
- Leave Him In The Long Yard
- Leave Him In The Longyard
- Lights On The Hill
- Little Boy Lost
- Lookin Forward Lookin Back
- Looking Forward Looking Back
- Lookn Forward Lookin Back
- My Pal Alcohol
- Old Time Country Halls
- Plains Of Peppimenarti
- Ringer From The Top End
- Rusty Its Goodbye
- Saddle Boy
- Singer From Down Under
- The Biggest Disappointment
- The Day We Sold The Farm
- Three Rivers Hotel
- Travellers Prayer
- Under The Spell Of Highway One
- Waltzing Matilda
- West Of Winton
- When The Rain Tumbles Down In July
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[Intro]
G D A7 D
[Chorus]
A E7
Keep the lovelight shining though your heart may break in two
E7 A
Don?t let bitterness creep in and get a hold on you
A D
Don?t just throw away a life of love and tenderness
D A E A
But keep the lovelight shining for the one you love the best
[Instrumental]
D A E A
[Verse 1]
D A7 A
How can I tell you what can I say to comfort you and
A D
Help you in your trouble today
G D
Even though she?s left you left you all alone
A7 A7 D
Just keep your lovelight shining til the day she comes home
[Chorus]
A E7
Keep the lovelight shining though your heart may break in two
E7 A
Don?t let bitterness creep in and get a hold on you
A D
Don?t just throw away a life of love and tenderness
D A E A
But keep the lovelight shining for the one you love the best
[Break]
Play chords for the chorus
[Verse 2]
D A7
She won?t be the first one that?s wondered away
A7 D
And she won?t be the last one to come back some day
G D
If you really love her want her for your own
A7 D
Just keep the lovelight shining for the day she comes home.
[Intro]
G D A7 D
[Chorus]
A E7
Keep the lovelight shining though your heart may break in two
E7 A
Don?t let bitterness creep in and get a hold on you
A D
Don?t just throw away a life of love and tenderness
D A E A
But keep the lovelight shining for the one you love the best
[Instrumental]
D A E A
[Verse 1]
D A7 A
How can I tell you what can I say to comfort you and
A D
Help you in your trouble today
G D
Even though she?s left you left you all alone
A7 A7 D
Just keep your lovelight shining til the day she comes home
[Chorus]
A E7
Keep the lovelight shining though your heart may break in two
E7 A
Don?t let bitterness creep in and get a hold on you
A D
Don?t just throw away a life of love and tenderness
D A E A
But keep the lovelight shining for the one you love the best
[Break]
Play chords for the chorus
[Verse 2]
D A7
She won?t be the first one that?s wondered away
A7 D
And she won?t be the last one to come back some day
G D
If you really love her want her for your own
A7 D
Just keep the lovelight shining for the day she comes home.
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