Five Hundred Miles Chords
by Bobby Bare
Five Hundred Miles by Bobby Bare is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Bm, C, G, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Into: Am Bm C G
G Em Am C
If you miss the train I?m on, you will know that I am gone
Am Bm D
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
G Em Am C
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am Bm C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
G Em Am C
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,
Am Bm D
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.
G Em Am C
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles,
Am Bm C G
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.
Instrumental (G) G Em Am C Am Bm C G
G Em Am C
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Am Bm D
Lord I cant go back home this a-way
G Em Am C
This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,
Am Bm C G
Lord I can't go back home this a-way.
G Em Am C
If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I am gone
Am Bm C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles ~