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.



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