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For the Original Key, Transpose 5 Steps Up, then Capo on 4, 
or Transpose 3 Steps Down to play it without the Capo or on Piano
[Verse]
MGaking my way dowDntown
Walking Afast
AFaces pass
And I'm home bGounDd
GStaring blankly Dahead
Just making Amy way
Making a Away
Through the GcroDwd
[Pre-Chorus]
  G    D    AAnd I need you
  G    D    AAnd I miss you
  G    D    AAnd now I GwonAder....
[Hook]
If GI could Dfall
AInto the Gsky
GDo you think tDime
Would Apass me Gby
'Cause Ayou know IG'd walk
A Gthousand mDiles
If I could
GJust sDee yAou
GToniDght
[Verse]
GIt's always times like Dthese
When I think of Ayou
And I wonder if you ever
GThink of Dme
G'Cause everything's so Dwrong
And I don't bAelong
Living in your
Precious mGemoriDes
[Pre-Chorus]
  G    D    ACause I'll need you
  G    D    ACause I'll miss you
  G    D    AAnd now I GwonAder....
[Hook]
If GI could Dfall
AInto the Gsky
GDo you think tDime
Would Apass me Gby
'Cause Ayou know IG'd walk
A Gthousand mDiles
If I could
GJust sDee yAou
GToniDght
[Bridge]
And GI, DI
ADon't want to let you know
GI, DI
ADrown in your memory
GI, DI
ADon't want to let this go
GI, DI
GDon't....
[Verse]
GMaking my way doDwntown
Walking Afast
AFaces pass
And I'm home bGounDd
GStaring blankly Dahead
Just making Amy way
Making a Away
Through the GcroDwd
[Pre-Chorus]
  G    D    AAnd I still need you
  G    D    AI still miss you
  G    D    AAnd now I GwonAder....
[Hook]
IGf I could Dfall
AInto the Gsky
GDo you think tDime
Would Apass us Gby
'Cause Ayou know IG'd walk
A Gthousand mDiles
If I could
GJust sDee yAou...
IGf I could Dfall
AInto the Gsky
GDo you think tDime
Would Apass me Gby
'Cause Ayou know IG'd walk
A Gthousand mDiles
If I could
GJust sDee yAou
If I could
Gjust hDold Ayou
GtoniDght

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The story behind the song

"A Thousand Miles" captures the powerful pull of longing for someone far away, a feeling so strong it makes you want to travel a great distance just to be with them. The song began as a piano riff in 1998, later becoming Vanessa Carlton's debut single from her 2002 album, Be Not Nobody. It speaks to that intense desire to close the gap, to simply hold the person you're missing, no matter how many miles lie between you. Playing it feels like an open-hearted journey towards connection.

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A Thousand Miles

by Vanessa Carlton

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

For the Original Key, Transpose 5 Steps Up, then Capo on 4,

or Transpose 3 Steps Down to play it without the Capo or on Piano

[Verse]

G D

Making my way downtown

Walking fast

Faces pass

G D

And I'm home bound

G D

Staring blankly ahead

Just making my way

Making a way

G D

Through the crowd

[Pre-Chorus]

G D A

And I need you

G D A

And I miss you

G D A G A

And now I wonder....

[Hook]

G D

If I could fall

A G

Into the sky

G D

Do you think time

A G

Would pass me by

A G

'Cause you know I'd walk

G D

A thousand miles

If I could

G D A

Just see you

G D

Tonight

[Verse]

G D

It's always times like these

When I think of you

And I wonder if you ever

G D

Think of me

G D

'Cause everything's so wrong

And I don't belong

Living in your

G D

Precious memories

[Pre-Chorus]

G D A

Cause I'll need you

G D A

Cause I'll miss you

G D A G A

And now I wonder....

[Hook]

G D

If I could fall

A G

Into the sky

G D

Do you think time

A G

Would pass me by

A G

'Cause you know I'd walk

G D

A thousand miles

If I could

G D A

Just see you

G D

Tonight

[Bridge]

G D

And I, I

Don't want to let you know

G D

I, I

Drown in your memory

G D

I, I

Don't want to let this go

G D

I, I

Don't....

[Verse]

G D

Making my way downtown

Walking fast

Faces pass

G D

And I'm home bound

G D

Staring blankly ahead

Just making my way

Making a way

G D

Through the crowd

[Pre-Chorus]

G D A

And I still need you

G D A

I still miss you

G D A G A

And now I wonder....

[Hook]

G D

If I could fall

A G

Into the sky

G D

Do you think time

A G

Would pass us by

A G

'Cause you know I'd walk

G D

A thousand miles

If I could

G D A

Just see you...

G D

If I could fall

A G

Into the sky

G D

Do you think time

A G

Would pass me by

A G

'Cause you know I'd walk

G D

A thousand miles

If I could

G D A

Just see you

If I could

G D A

just hold you

G D

tonight

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