500 Miles

       C                  Am           Dm             F
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
        Dm               F              G7
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
          C                Am               Dm               F
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
        Dm               G7             C
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

         C             Am            Dm              F
Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I'm three, lord I'm four,
         Dm        F       G7
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.
    C          Am         Dm         F
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
         Dm           G7            C
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.

      C           Am          Dm          F
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
       Dm         F           G7
Lord I can't go a home this a way
       C            Am          Dm          F
This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way,
       Dm         G7          C
Lord I can't go a home this a way.

       C                  Am           Dm             F
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
        Dm               F              C
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

* Alternate:

Capo III

C  = A
Am = F#m
Dm = Bm
F  = D
G  = E
G7 = E7