500 MILES (Listen to midi)

C Am Dm F

1. If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,

Dm F G - G7

you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

C Am

A hundred miles, a hundred miles,

Dm F

a hundred miles, a hundred miles,

Dm G C

you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

C Am Dm F

2. Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,

Dm F G - G7

Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.

C Am Dm F

500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles,

Dm G C

Lord, I'm five hundred miles from my home.

C Am Dm F

3. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name,

Dm F G - G7

Lord, I can't go a-home this a-way.

C Am Dm F

This a-way, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,

Dm G C

Lord I can't go a-home this a-way.

C Am Dm F

4. If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,

Dm G C

you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

(capo 1st)

(Peter Paul & Mary)