• Song:

    Five Hundred Miles

  • Artist:

    The Brothers Four

Five Hundred Miles     4/4     Brothers Four     Peter Paul and Mary
Standard Tuning No Capo                              Transcribed by Ken Lee
Intro:  First two lines Banjo solo                      Comments or suggestions to kandvlee@shaw.ca

         / E (022100@1)                     /       /
If you / miss the train I'm / on, /
            / A (x02220@1)                  /          /
You will / know that I am / gone, /
             / A (x02220@1)                   / B (x2444x@1)                   / E (022100@1)      /
You can / hear the whistle / blow a hundred / miles, /

                / E (022100@1)                     /          /
A hundred / miles, a hundred / miles, /
                / A (x02220@1)                    /           /
A hundred / miles, a hundred / miles, /
             / A (x02220@1)                    / B (x2444x@1)                  / E (022100@1)     /
You can / hear the whistle / blow a hundred / miles. /

            / E (022100@1)               /        /
Lord I'm / one, Lord I'm / two, /
            / A (x02220@1)                  /        /
Lord I'm / three, Lord I'm / four, /
            / A (x02220@1)              / B (x2444x@1)                    / E (022100@1)      /
Lord I'm / five hundred / miles away from / home. /


                   / E (022100@1)                        /          /
Five hundred / miles, five hundred / miles, /
                   / A (x02220@1)                        /          /
Five hundred / miles, five hundred / miles, /
            / A (x02220@1)              / B (x2444x@1)                    / E (022100@1)      /
Lord I'm / five hundred / miles away from / home. /

        / E (022100@1)              /          /
Not a / shirt on my / back, /
         / A (x02220@1)              /            /
Not a / penny to my / name, /
         / A (x02220@1)             / B (x2444x@1)                / E (022100@1)  /
Lord I / can't go a - / home this a - / way /

            / E (022100@1)              /         /
This a - / way, this a - / way, /
            / A (x02220@1)               /         /
This a - / way, this a  - / way, /
         / A (x02220@1)                / B (x2444x@1)                / E (022100@1)   /
Lord I / can't go back / home this a - / way. /

         / E (022100@1)                     /       /
If you / miss the train I'm / on, /
            / A (x02220@1)                  /          /
You will / know that I am / gone, /
             / A (x02220@1)                    / B (x2444x@1)                  / E (022100@1)     /
You can / hear the whistle / blow a hundred / miles. /

Outro:  Last line instrumental

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