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500 Miles

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Cmajor
90BPM
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[Intro]
C Em Am G
[Verse 1]
If you mCiss this train I'm Amon
Then you'll Dmknow that I am Fgone
Then you'll Dmhear the whistle Gblow
A hundred Cmiles
A hundred miles a hundred Ammiles
DmListen darlin' Fnow
Oh you can Dmhear the whistle Gblow
a hundred CmilesEm  Am  G  C  
[Verse 2]
Lord I'm one Lord I'm Amtwo
Lord I'm Dmthree, Lord I'm Ffour
Well I'm Dmfive hundred Gmiles
from my Chome
Five hundred miles, five hundred Ammiles
ItDm's such a long long Fway
And I Dmfeel like I will Gnever
reach my ChomeEm  Am  G  C  
[Verse 3]
Not a shirt on my Amback
Not a Dmpenny to my Fname
DmLord I can't go Gback home, well
This a-Cway
This a-way, oh this aAm-way
DmNo, no darlin' Fno
DmLord I can't go Gback home, well
this a-Cway
[Verse 4]
Cos if you miss this train I'm Amon
Then you'll Dmknow that I am Fgone
And you can Dmhear the whistle Gblow
A hundred Cmiles
A hundred miles, a hundred Ammiles
DmListen darlin' Fnow
Oh you can Dmhear the whistle Gblow a hundred Cmiles
[Outro]
Oh you can Dmhear the whistle Gblow well a hundred Cmiles
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