500 Miles (1961)
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The Journeymen:
Scott McKenzie
John Phillips
Dick Weissman
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The song is right here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgQJzJsM5U
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The song is originally played on the guitar and the banjo. Here's how I play the
song on the guitar.
It sounds better with two guitars, so find a friend who plays the guitar as well.
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Standard Tunning, Capo 3 fret
Chords: G, Em, Am, C
Intro - the easiest way to play the intro is this:
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)(keep playing G)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0--0-----0-------0--------------0-----------------|
G|----0------2-0---2-0-2---2-0------0-2---2-0---0-----0-0-|
D|--0--------------------------2--2-----------2---2-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G (320003@1) EmIf (022000@1)you miss the train I'm on,
Am (x02210@1) CYou (x32010@1)will know that I am gone,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
G (320003@1) EmA (022000@1)hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am (x02210@1) CA (x32010@1)hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
G (320003@1) EmLord, (022000@1)I'm one, Lord, I'm two,
Am (x02210@1) CLord, (x32010@1)I'm three, Lord, I'm four,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GLord, (320003@1)I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
G (320003@1) EmAway (022000@1)from home, away from home,
Am (x02210@1) CAway (x32010@1)from home, away from home,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home.
G (320003@1) EmNot (022000@1)a shirt on my back,
Am (x02210@1) CNot (x32010@1)a penny to my name.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.
G (320003@1) EmThis-A (022000@1)way, this-A way,
Am (x02210@1) CThis-A (x32010@1)way, this-A way,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GLord, (320003@1)I can't go back home this-a way.
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For the solo you can play the intro's part, or better yet,
improvise in the same key the way you feel it ;)
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G (320003@1) EmIf (022000@1)you miss the train I'm on,
Am (x02210@1) CYou (x32010@1)will know that I am gone,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
G (320003@1) EmA (022000@1)hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am (x02210@1) CA (x32010@1)hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
27.08.2013, tabbed by RaphaeL-
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