Biography:
The Waifs (originally styled as The WAiFS) are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 in Albany, Western Australia, by Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocals), and sistersVikki Thorn (née Simpson) (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals). Their tour band includes Ben Franz (bass) and David Ross Macdonald (drums).
The band's 2003 album Up All Night reached the top five of the Australian Albums Chart, it achieved double platinum status and won four ARIA Awards in October.
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Other songs:
- 6000 Miles
- Blindly Believing
- Brain Damage
- Bridal Train
- Done And Dusted
- Fishermans Daughter
- Fourth Floor
- Gillian
- Haircut
- Highway One
- How Many Miles
- I Wont Go Down
- Ironbark
- Lest We Forget
- Lighthouse
- London Still
- Nothing New
- Pony
- Sad Sailor Song
- Shiny Apple
- Since Ive Been Around
- Spotlight
- Sundirtwater
- Sweetest Dream
- Vermillion
- When I Die
- Willow Tree
- Without You
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[Verse]
G
I don't like gold and I don't like pearls
G D C
I'm just your regular West Australian fisherman's daughter
G D C G
I'm a middle class folk singing guitar playin' girl
G
I ain't seen the world no I've not traveled far
D C G
I'm saving dollars for a 1962 ruby red interior R-series
D C G
Valiant,A mother of a car
[Chorus]
D C G
I'm a country girl in a city whirlpool
D C G
I'm pulling over man I'm gonna let you through
D C G
I'm living in the left hand lane of my city
D C G
Slow down so I can walk this highway with you
D C G
Slow down let me walk it with you
[Instrumental]
G D C G 4x
D C G
Slow down
D C G
we all gotta slow down
D C G
I wanna walk that highway with you,
D C G GGGGG
With you,you,you,you
[Verse]
G
No I'm not yet married I got no ring on my hand
G
I got my heart beating for this sweet loving
D C G
Second hand dealing boy I'm gonna love him
D C G
the best way I can I know I can
[Chorus]
D C G
I'm a country girl in a city whirlpool
D C G
I'm pulling over man I'm gonna let you through
D C G
I'm living in the left hand lane of my city
D C G
Slow down so I can walk this highway with you
D C G
Slow down let me walk it with you
[Solo]
D C G
G
I don't like gold and I don't like pearls
G D C
I'm just your regular West Australian fisherman's daughter
G D C G
I'm a middle class folk singing guitar playin' girl
G
I don't like gold and I don't like pearls
G D C
I'm just your regular West Australian fisherman's daughter
G D C G
I'm a middle class folk singing guitar playin' girl
G
I ain't seen the world no I've not traveled far
D C G
I'm saving dollars for a 1962 ruby red interior R-series
D C G
Valiant,A mother of a car
[Chorus]
D C G
I'm a country girl in a city whirlpool
D C G
I'm pulling over man I'm gonna let you through
D C G
I'm living in the left hand lane of my city
D C G
Slow down so I can walk this highway with you
D C G
Slow down let me walk it with you
[Instrumental]
G D C G 4x
D C G
Slow down
D C G
we all gotta slow down
D C G
I wanna walk that highway with you,
D C G GGGGG
With you,you,you,you
[Verse]
G
No I'm not yet married I got no ring on my hand
G
I got my heart beating for this sweet loving
D C G
Second hand dealing boy I'm gonna love him
D C G
the best way I can I know I can
[Chorus]
D C G
I'm a country girl in a city whirlpool
D C G
I'm pulling over man I'm gonna let you through
D C G
I'm living in the left hand lane of my city
D C G
Slow down so I can walk this highway with you
D C G
Slow down let me walk it with you
[Solo]
D C G
G
I don't like gold and I don't like pearls
G D C
I'm just your regular West Australian fisherman's daughter
G D C G
I'm a middle class folk singing guitar playin' girl
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