Five Hundred Miles
Hedy West, 1961· Songs Well-Known in America · p.103
G Em Am C
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
Am D G Em
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. A hundred miles, A hundred miles,
Am D Am G
A hundred miles, A hundred miles, You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Em Am
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,
D C G
Lord, I'm five hundred miles from my home
Em Am D G
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, Lord, I'm 500 miles from my home.
Em Am D G
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name, Lord I can't go back home this a-way
Em Am D G
This a-way, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way; Lord I can't go back home this a-way
Em Am
Well, I'm walking these ties, with tears in my eyes
D C G
Trying to read a letter from my home
Em Am
From my home, from my home, from my home, from my home
D C G Em
Trying to read a letter from my home. If this train's running right
Am D C G
I'll be home by Saturday night. I'm five hundred miles away from home
Em Am
Away from home, away from home, away from home. away from home
D G
I'm five hundred miles away from home