Biography:
The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962, in Leith). They are probably best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". The band tours extensively throughout Europe and other continents. They have released eleven studio albums from 1987 until the present, as well as two compilation albums and a DVD.
Craig Reid and Charlie Reid were born in Leith, Scotland in 1962, and grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall and Auchtermuchty.
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Other songs:
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Letter From America
- Sunshine On Leith
- Act Of Remembrance
- Beautiful Truth
- Cap In Hand
- Come On Nature
- Free Market
- I Hate My Love
- I Met You
- Im Gonna Be 500 Miles
- Im On My Way
- In My Home
- In Recognition
- Its Saturday Night
- King Of The Road
- Lady Luck
- Lets Get Married
- Life With You
- Like Comedy
- Make My Heart Fly
- Misty Blue
- My Old Friend The Blues
- Oh Jean
- Over And Done With
- Role Model
- Sean
- Spinning Around In The Air
- Streets Of Edinburgh
- Teardrops
- The Part That Really Matters
- Then I Met You
- Theres A Touch
- Throw The R Away
- What Do You Do
- What Makes You Cry
- When Youre In Love
- Whole Wide World
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I'm On My Way
The Proclaimers
Capo 4th fret
E
I'm on my way, from misery to happiness today
Uh-huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
B
I'm on my way, from misery to happiness today
Uh huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
E A B
I'm on my way, to what I want from this world
E A B
And years from now, you'll make it to the next world
E A
And everything that you receive up yonder
E B
Is what you gave, to me the day I wondered
E
I took a right, I took a right turn and yesterday
Uh huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
B
Yeah I took a right, I took a right turn and yesterday
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
E A B
I took the road, that brought me to your home town
E A B
I took the bus, to streets that I could walk down
E A B
I walked the streets, to find the one I'd looked for
E B
I climbed the stair, that led me to your front door
CHORUS:
A B E
And now, that I don't want, for anything
Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh
A B E B
I'll have Al Jolson sing, "I'm sittin' on top of the world!"
E
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Uh huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
B
Yeah I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Aah-Aah-Aah-Aah
E A B
To keep my feet, from jumpin' from the ground dear
E A B
To keep my heart, from jumpin' through my mouth dear
E A B
To keep the past, the past and not the present
E B
To try and learn, when you teach me a lesson
CHORUS
VERSE 1 (1 1/2 X)
E - 022100
A - 002220
B - 004440
F#m - 202200
G#m - 404400
THIS SOUNDS SOO MUCH BETTER TO ME!!
WHADDYA THINK?
The Proclaimers
Capo 4th fret
E
I'm on my way, from misery to happiness today
Uh-huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
B
I'm on my way, from misery to happiness today
Uh huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
E A B
I'm on my way, to what I want from this world
E A B
And years from now, you'll make it to the next world
E A
And everything that you receive up yonder
E B
Is what you gave, to me the day I wondered
E
I took a right, I took a right turn and yesterday
Uh huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
B
Yeah I took a right, I took a right turn and yesterday
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
E A B
I took the road, that brought me to your home town
E A B
I took the bus, to streets that I could walk down
E A B
I walked the streets, to find the one I'd looked for
E B
I climbed the stair, that led me to your front door
CHORUS:
A B E
And now, that I don't want, for anything
Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh
A B E B
I'll have Al Jolson sing, "I'm sittin' on top of the world!"
E
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Uh huh (Uh huh) Uh huh (Uh huh)
B
Yeah I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Aah-Aah-Aah-Aah
E A B
To keep my feet, from jumpin' from the ground dear
E A B
To keep my heart, from jumpin' through my mouth dear
E A B
To keep the past, the past and not the present
E B
To try and learn, when you teach me a lesson
CHORUS
VERSE 1 (1 1/2 X)
E - 022100
A - 002220
B - 004440
F#m - 202200
G#m - 404400
THIS SOUNDS SOO MUCH BETTER TO ME!!
WHADDYA THINK?
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