A Thousand Miles Away:The Heartbeats. #5 on R&B Charts and #52 on Hot 100 in 1957. #1. G Em You're a thousand miles away-ay, (Doo-doo.)(Rat-a-tat-tat.) C D G Em bu-u-t I still have your love to remember you by. (Rat-a-tat-tat.)(You by.) C D G Em Oh, my dar-ar-ar-arling, dry your eyes, (Rat-a-tat-tat-tat.)(Your eyes.) C D G Em C D daddy's coming home soon. (Whoo-hooo-hooo, hoo-hooo, hoo-hooo.) #2. G Em On my knees e-every day-ay, (Rat-a-tat-tat.)(All I do.) C D G Em all I do is pray, baby, just for you. (Rat-a-tat-tat.)((For you.) C D G Em Hope you a-a-a-always want me, too, (Rat-a-tat-tat.)((Me too.) C D G Em G G7 daddy's coming home soon. (Whoo-hooo-hooo, woo-ooo.) CHORUS: C D G It may be on a Sunday morning. (Doo-ooo.) C Gmaj7 G It may be on a Tuesday afternoon. (Doo-ooo.) C D G But no matter what the day is, (Doo-ooo.) A I'm going to make it (doo wah.)my business (doo wah.) D to get home soon. (Rad-a, rad-a, rad-a, rad-a.) #3. G Em You're a thousand miles away-ay, (Doo-doo.)(Rat-a-tat-tat.) C D G Em bu-u-t I still have your love to remember you by. (Rat-a-tat-tat.)(You by.) C D G Em Oh, my dar-ar-ar-arling, dry your eyes, (Rat-a-tat-tat-tat.)(Your eyes.) C D G Em C D..Gmaj7 daddy's coming home soon. (Whoo-hooo-hooo, hoo-hooo, hoo-hooo.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.