[ Five Hundred Miles von Hedy West ]


FIVE HUNDRED MILES   (HEDY WEST)



       G                  em           am              C 
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
         am               C                D  D7 
you can hear the whistle blow one hundred-miles.
             G                  em                 am 
One hundred miles, one hundred miles, one hundred miles,
             C              am               D                G 
one hundred miles, you can hear the whistle blow one hundred miles.

          G            em             am              C 
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three. Lord I'm four,
          am           C              D  D7               G 
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home. Five hundred miles,
               em                  am                  C 
five .hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles,
         am            D               G 
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home.

       G           em          am          C 
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my. name,
         am         C          D D7         G           em 
Lord, I can't go a-home this a-way. This a-way.this a-way,
        am          C           am          D           G 
this a-way, this a-way. Lord, I can't go a-home this a-way.

        G                 em           am              C 
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone,
         am               C                D  D7 
you can hear the whistle blow one hundred miles.
             G                  em                 am 
One hundred miles, one hundred miles, one hundred miles,
             C               am              D                G 
one hundred miles, you can hear the whistle blow one hundred miles.