Five Hundred Miles Away From Home

Bobby Bare

Written by Bobby Bare and Charlie Williams

Key of G · Chords: I IV V ii vi

Verse 1

G
Teardrops fell on mama's note
Em
When I read the things she wrote
Am
She said we miss you son
C                   D7
We love you come on home
G
Well I didn't have to pack
Em
I had it all right on my back
D7                   C               G
Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

Verse 2

Away from home away from home
Em
Cold and tired and all alone
D7                   C               G
Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home

Verse 3

Spoken:

Verse 4

I know this is the same road I took the day I left home
But it sure looks different now
Well I guess I look different too cause time changes everything
I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way
Oh I wonder what they'll say when I get home

Verse 5

Can't remember when I ate
Em
It's just thumb and walk and wait
D7                         C               G
And I'm still five hundred miles away from home
D7                       G
If my luck had been just right
Em
I'd be with them all tonight
D7                         C               G
But I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Verse 2

Away from home away from home
Em
Cold and tired and all alone
D7                   C               G
Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home