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If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
(Play one word per note)
GIf you miss the train I'm Emon,
You will Amknow that I am Am7gone
You can Amhear the whistle D7blow a hundred miles.
GA hundred miles, a hundred Emmiles, a hundred Ammiles a hundred Am7miles -
You can Amhear the whistle D7blow, a hundred Gmiles.
GLord I'm one, Lord I'm Emtwo, Lord I'm Amthree, Lord I'm Am7four, Lord I'm Amfive
hundred D7miles away from Ghome.
Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home,
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home.
GNot a shirt on my Emback, not a Ampenny to my Am7name, Lord I Amcan't go back D7home 
this aG-way -
This a-way this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,
Lord I can't go back home this a-way.
GIf you miss the train I'm Emon,
You will Amknow that I am Am7gone -
You can Amhear the whistle D7blow a hundred Gmiles.
(Fade into melody)

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500 Miles

by Misc Traditional

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Am7

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

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

(Play one word per note)

G Em

If you miss the train I'm on,

Am Am7

You will know that I am gone

Am D7

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

G Em Am Am7

A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles a hundred miles -

Am D7 G

You can hear the whistle blow, a hundred miles.

G Em Am Am7 Am

Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four, Lord I'm five

D7 G

hundred miles away from home.

Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home,

Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home.

G Em Am Am7 Am D7

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name, Lord I can't go back home

this a-way -

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

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

G Em

If you miss the train I'm on,

Am Am7

You will know that I am gone -

Am D7 G

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

(Fade into melody)

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