Looking forward,looking back- Slim dusty
Tune guitar down 1 step Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb
The only tabs/chords I could find were rubbish so I sat down and worked it out myself.
This is a beautiful song that we played at my Dads funeral
and is one of Slims finest works.The chords written are what you play, ignoring
the drop in tuning.
The actual proper chords would be half a tone lower in name.
You could play it with a normal tuning but you would have to play the E in a
high position and the open chord sounds better (I think).
Intro
E,B,E,B,E
B E C#m G#m
Looking forward, looking back, I've come a long way down the track
C#m G#m B E
got a long way left to go, makin' songs from what I know
B E C#m G#m
Makin' sense of what I've seen, All the love we've had between
C#m G#m B E
You and I along the track, looking forward, looking back
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slim_dusty/lookn_forward_lookin_back_crd.html ]
C#m F#m G#m C#m
There are strange days, full of change on the way
B E F#m B
but we'll be fine, unlike some, I'll be leaning forward to see whats coming
B E C#m G#m
Looking forward, looking back, I've come a long way down the track
C#m G#m B E
got a long way left to go, makin' songs from what I know
Instrumental part (same as chorus)
C#m F#m G#m C#m
If I'm alone at night I can see, through all triviality
B E F#m B
of the day and I'm ok ,I just think of those who are dear to me
B E C#m G#m
Looking forward, looking back, I've come a long way down the track
C#m G#m B E
got a long way left to go, makin' songs from what I know
B E B E
makin' songs from what I know, Looking forward, looking back
Bryan Boulding
