500 Miles
Ton : BEnglish
Couplet
If you A#hear the train I'm Gmon.
You will Cmknow that I am D#gone.
You can Cmhear the whistle Dmblow a hundred Fmiles.
A#A hundred miles, Gma hundred miles,
A Cmhundred miles, a D#hundred miles,
You can Cmhear the whistle Fblow a hundred A#miles.
Couplet
Teardrops A#fall on mama's Gmnote.
When I Cmread the thing she wrote D#
She said we Cmmiss you here, we Dmlove you, come on Fhome
Well I A#didn't have to Gmpass, I had it Cmalright on by D#back
Now I'm five Cmhundred Fmiles away from A#home.
Refrain
Lord I'm A#one, Lord I'm Gmtwo,
Lord I'm three, CmLord I'm four. D#
Lord I'm Cmfive hundred Fmiles away from A#home.
Couplet
Not a A#shirt on my Gmback.
Not a Cmpenny to my name D#
And the Cmland that I once Dmleft is not my Fown.
Refrain
Lord I'm A#one, Lord I'm Gmtwo,
Lord I'm three, CmLord I'm four. D#
Lord I'm Cmfive hundred Fmiles away from A#home.
Couplet
All these A#years and all Gmthese rules.
Never Cmled me back to D#you
Well I'm Cmstill a hundred Dmmiles away from home. F
Refrain
Away from A#home, away from Gmhome,
Away from home, Cmaway from home D#
Well I'm Cmfive hundred Fmiles away from A#home.