500 Miles Chords
by Joan Baez
500 Miles by Joan Baez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C#m, F#m, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E C#m F#m A
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
F#m A B
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
E C#m
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
F#m A
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
F#m A B
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
E C#m F#m A
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
F#m A B
And the land that I once loved was not my own
E C#m F#m A
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,
F#m A B
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home
E C#m
A hundred tanks along the square,
F#m A
One man stands and stops them there
F#m A B
Some day soon, the tide will turn, and I'll be free
E C#m F#m A
I'll be free, I'll be free, I'll come home to my country,
F#m A B
Some day soon the tide will turn and I'll be free
E C#m F#m A
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
F#m A B
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
E C#m
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
F#m A
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
F#m A B
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles