A thousand miles from nowhere    (intro)    (midi)    (sample)

 

    C - Am - C - Am

 

            C                             Am         - C                                 Am

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,       time don't matter to me,

                       C                            Am

'cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,

                   F                           G     - G7

and there's no place I wanna be.

 

               C                       Am                C                    Am

1. I got heartaches in my pocket, I got echoes in my head,

            C      Em         Am                      F                                      G   - G7

    and all that I keep hearing are the cruel, cruel things that you said.

 

            C            Em           Am         - C                                 Am

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,       time don't matter to me,

                       C            Em           Am

'cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,

                   F                           G     - G7

and there's no place I wanna be.

 

         F     G        F -  G          - - -   Am - - -

    Oh I, oh I, oh I……..I - - - yeah,   I.

 

+ C - Am - C - Am - C - Am - F - G - G7

 

         F     G        F -  G          - - -   Am - - -

    Oh I, oh I, oh I……..I - - - yeah,   I.

 

                - C                         Am                     - C                            Am

2. I've got     bruises on my memories I've got     tearstains on my hands,

                       C       Em        Am                  F                    G     - G7

    and in the mirror there's a vision of what used to be a man.

 

                                     F - G         F - G

+ CHORUS (2x)       +            Oh, I…….I.

 

+ C - Am - C - Am - C - Am - F - G - G7 (3x) ….

 

 

    (Dwight Yoakam)