500 Miles

The Kingston Trio

A
Asus2
Bm
D
Dsus2
Dsus4
Em
Em7
G
G6

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Key:

D  Bm  G  Em  G6 Em Em7  A Asus2  D
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

[Verse]

D                         Bm     
If you miss the train I'm on, you
      G              Em
 will know that I am gone
G6      Em       Em7     A    
You can hear the whistle blow 
Asus2     D    D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
a hundred miles

[Chorus]

D                          Bm    
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
           G                Em
 a hundred miles, a hundred miles
G6      Em       Em7     A    
You can hear the whistle blow 
Asus2     D    D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
a hundred miles

[Verse]

D                        Bm      
Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, 
       G                Em
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four
G6        Em   Em7     A     
Lord, I'm five hundred miles 
Asus2     D   D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
away from home

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[Chorus]

D                         Bm     
Away from home, away from home, 
         G               Em
away from home, away from home
G6        Em   Em7     A     
Lord, I'm five hundred miles 
Asus2     D   D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
away from home

[Verse]

D                 Bm          G 
Not a shirt on my back, not a 
          Em
penny to my name
G6      Em    Em7     A    
Lord, I can't go back home 
Asus2  D  D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
this-a way

[Chorus]

D                  Bm          G
This-a way, this-a way, this-a 
           Em
way, this-a way
G6      Em    Em7     A    
Lord, I can't go back home 
Asus2  D  D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
this-a way

[Instrumental]

D  Bm  G  Em  G6 Em Em7  A Asus2  D
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

[Verse]

D                         Bm     
If you miss the train I'm on, you
      G              Em
 will know that I am gone
G6      Em       Em7     A    
You can hear the whistle blow 
Asus2     D    D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
a hundred miles

[Chorus]

D                          Bm    
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
           G                Em
 a hundred miles, a hundred miles
G6      Em       Em7     A    
You can hear the whistle blow 
Asus2     D    D Dsus4 D Dsus2
a hundred miles                (stop
 D
 playing)

[Other]
You can heaaaar the whistle blow...a
              D  G  A  D
 hundred miles

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