500 Miles

Words & Music by:

Hedy West

 

Big Thanks to sharp-eyed correspondent Siegfried Knoepfler, who not only corrected Hedy West's name, but let me know that she had a number of albums to explore!

 

C                     C/B Am

If you miss the train I'm on

         Dm

You will know that I am gone

        Dm                              G7

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

C                  C/B     Am

A hundred miles, a hundred miles.

          Dm

A hundred miles, a hundred miles,

        Am               G7             C

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

 

Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four,

Lord, I'm five hundred miles from my home.

Five hundred miles, Five hundred miles,

Five hundred miles, Five hundred miles,

Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home.

 

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name.

Lord, I can't go back home this a-way.

This a-way, This a-way, This a-way, This a-way,

Lord, I can't go back home this a-way.

 

If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles...

 

 




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