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31S, 20W
Words and music by Lachlan Irvine
[C][Dm][F][G]
[C] I'm standing outside the Crossroads pub, at the [Dm] dawn of a brand new day;
[F] Thinking about all the journeys that must have [G] started out this way.
I'll [C] hitch-hike my way from north to south, down [Dm] highway 31,
Then I'll [F] head out west on route 20, [G] to follow the setting sun.
[C] Thirty-one south, twenty west, I [Dm] don't know where I'll sleep tonight;
I'll [F] hold out my thumb and hope for the best, and [G] trust my luck will see me right.
[C] I'll stop for a while in the Riverland, if [Dm] I can only get a ride;
[F] Pick some fruit for a season or two, [G] down by the Murray's side.
Where I'll [C] wind up next only time can tell, there's a [Dm] whole world waiting out there;
[F] I can only hope I find something more than [G] castles in the air.
[C] Thirty-one south, twenty west, I [Dm] don't know where I'll sleep tonight;
I'll [F] hold out my thumb and hope for the best, and [G] trust my luck will see me right.
[C][Dm][F][G]
There's a [C] girl that I'm already missing, she [Dm] tried to make me feel at home;
For the [F] love she gave, she doesn't deserve to be [G] waking up alone.
[C] What gives a man the urge to roam, not even [Dm] knowing what he's looking for?
There's [F] something that keeps me moving on, since that [G] crazy Asian war.
[C] Thirty-one south, twenty west, I [Dm] don't know where I'll sleep tonight;
I'll [F] hold out my thumb and hope for the best, and [G] trust my luck will see me right.
[C] I felt so proud to wear the uniform, in a [Dm] slouch hat I was ten feet tall.
To [F] follow in the steps of heroes, I was [G] ready to give my all.
Now [C] I don't claim to be a hero, I only [Dm] did what I had to do,
But the [F] country I found when I came back home had no [G] idea what it put us through.
[C] Thirty-one south, twenty west, I [Dm] don't know where I'll sleep tonight;
I'll [F] hold out my thumb and hope for the best, and [G] trust my luck will see me right.
[C][Dm][F][G]
[C] I know every day when I'm on the road, I'm going to [Dm] dream about settling down;
With a [F] steady job and a family, and a [G] home on the edge of town.
[C] Lord knows I've tried to build that dream, but my [Dm] heart cries out to be free;
Now [F] here I am on the road again, seems like [G] what will be will be.
[C] Thirty-one south, twenty west, I [Dm] don't know where I'll sleep tonight;
I'll [F] hold out my thumb and hope for the best, and [G] trust my luck will see me right.
[C] Thirty-one south, twenty west, I [Dm] don't know where I'll sleep tonight;
I'll [F] hold out my thumb and hope for the best, and [G] pray I'm going to be alright.
[C][Dm][F][G] [C]
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