500 Miles Chords
500 Miles by Peter Paul and Mary is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C#m, F#m, A, B and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E C#m E C#m
F#m A F#m B
E
E C#m F#m A
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
F#m G#m A B
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
E C#m F#m A
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles
F#m G#m A E
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
E C#m F#m A
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
F#m G#m A B
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home
E C#m F#m A
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles
F#m G#m A B
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home
E C#m F#m A
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
F#m G#m A B
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way
E C#m F#m A
This a-way, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way
F#m G#m A B
Lord I can't go back home this a-way
E C#m F#m A
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
F#m G#m A E
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles