Five Hundred Miles

Key of G · Chords: I IV V ii vi

Intro

G G

Verse 1

       G                    Em           Am             C
If you missed the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
        Am               D              G     G
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
          G                Em               Am               C
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
        Am               D              G     G
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Verse 2

          G              Em             Am               C
Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four,
          Am           D                G    G
Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
          G               Em              Am              C
Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home,
          Am           D               G    G
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home.

Verse 3

      G           Em          Am          C
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name.
        Am            D         G     G
Lord, I can't go back home this a-way.
     G           Em     Am         C
This a-way, this a-way, this a-way this a-way,
        Am            D         G     G
Lord, I can't go back home this a-way.

Verse 4

       G                    Em           Am             C
If you missed the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
        Am               D              G     G
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
          G                Em               Am               C
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
        Am               D              G     G
you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Outro

        Am               D              G     G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
        Am               D              G     G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
        Am               D              G     G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.