I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Words & Music:

Charlie & Craig Reid (The Proclaimers )

 

       E

When I wake up, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,

          A              B                E

I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you.

When I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,

I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you.

 

If I get drunk, yes, I know I'm gonna be,

I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you.

And if I haver, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,

I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you.

 

CHORUS:

      E                               A                 B

But I would walk five hundred miles & I would walk five hundred more,

E                                        A                  E

Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door

E

Haddala-dah-dah!  Haddala-dah-dah!

        A            B               E

Haddala-dah-da-da-da-dah-da-da-da-da-dah!

 

When I'm working yes I know I'm gonna be,

I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you.

And when the money comes in for the work I'll do,

I'll pass almost every penny on to you.

 

When I come home, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,

I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you.

And if I grow old; well, I know I'm gonna be,

I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you.

 

CHORUS:

 

When I'm lonely, yes, I know I'm gonna be,

I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you.

When I'm dreaming, yes, I know I'm gonna dream,

Dream about the time when I'm with you.

 

CHORUS:

 

 




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