C Am Dm F
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
Dm F G7
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
C Am Dm F
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Dm G7 C
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
C Am Dm F
Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I'm three, lord I'm four,
Dm F G7
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.
C Am Dm F
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
Dm G7 C
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.
C Am Dm F
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Dm F G7
Lord I can't go a home this a way
C Am Dm F
This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way,
Dm G7 C
Lord I can't go a home this a way.
C Am Dm F
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
Dm F C
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
* Alternate:
Capo III
C = A
Am = F#m
Dm = Bm
F = D
G = E
G7 = E7
