Five Hundred Miles Chords by Hoyt Axton
Tempo:
91.75 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Bb
Eb
Fm
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [Cm]
[Bb] [Eb]
If you miss this train [G] I'm [Cm] on, then you'll [Fm] know that I am, [Ab] and you can hear [F] the whistle
blow.
[Bb] A [Eb] hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred [Cm] miles.
[F] Listen down [Ab] in the now, oh you can [F] hear
the whistle [Bb] blow.
A [Eb] hundred miles.
[Gm]
[C] [Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] Lord I am three, [Ab] Lord I am four, [Fm] well I am five [Bb] hundred
miles [Eb] from my home.
Five hundred miles, five [Cm] hundred miles [Fm] is such a long, [Ab] long way, and I feel like I [Bb] will never [Cm] reach my [Eb] home.
[Gm] [C]
[Eb]
Not a shirt on [Cm] my back, not a [Fm] penny to my [Ab]
name, [Fm] Lord I [Bb] can't go home, well [Eb] this old way, this old way, oh this [Cm] old way.
[F] No, no, no, [Ab] no, Lord [C] I can't [Bb] go home, well this old way,
[Gm] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
cause if you miss this train [Cm] I'm on, then you'll [Ab] know that I am, and [Fm] you can hear the [C] whistle [Bb] blow.
A [Eb] hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred [Cm] miles.
[Fm]
Listen down in the now, [Ab] oh you can hear the whistle [Bb] blow.
[Eb] A hundred miles.
Oh you can [Fm] hear the [Bb] whistle blow.
[Cm] Well a [Eb] hundred miles.
[N]
[Bb] [Eb]
If you miss this train [G] I'm [Cm] on, then you'll [Fm] know that I am, [Ab] and you can hear [F] the whistle
blow.
[Bb] A [Eb] hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred [Cm] miles.
[F] Listen down [Ab] in the now, oh you can [F] hear
the whistle [Bb] blow.
A [Eb] hundred miles.
[Gm]
[C] [Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] Lord I am three, [Ab] Lord I am four, [Fm] well I am five [Bb] hundred
miles [Eb] from my home.
Five hundred miles, five [Cm] hundred miles [Fm] is such a long, [Ab] long way, and I feel like I [Bb] will never [Cm] reach my [Eb] home.
[Gm] [C]
[Eb]
Not a shirt on [Cm] my back, not a [Fm] penny to my [Ab]
name, [Fm] Lord I [Bb] can't go home, well [Eb] this old way, this old way, oh this [Cm] old way.
[F] No, no, no, [Ab] no, Lord [C] I can't [Bb] go home, well this old way,
[Gm] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
cause if you miss this train [Cm] I'm on, then you'll [Ab] know that I am, and [Fm] you can hear the [C] whistle [Bb] blow.
A [Eb] hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred [Cm] miles.
[Fm]
Listen down in the now, [Ab] oh you can hear the whistle [Bb] blow.
[Eb] A hundred miles.
Oh you can [Fm] hear the [Bb] whistle blow.
[Cm] Well a [Eb] hundred miles.
[N]
Key:
Cm
Bb
Eb
Fm
Ab
Cm
Bb
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ If you miss this train [G] I'm [Cm] on, then you'll [Fm] know that I am, _ [Ab] _ and you can hear [F] the whistle
blow.
[Bb] _ _ A [Eb] hundred miles, _ _ _ a hundred _ miles, a hundred [Cm] miles. _
[F] _ Listen down [Ab] in the now, oh you can [F] hear
the whistle [Bb] blow. _
A [Eb] hundred miles.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Lord I am three, [Ab] Lord I am four, _ [Fm] well I am five [Bb] hundred
miles _ [Eb] from my home.
_ _ Five hundred miles, five [Cm] hundred miles _ [Fm] is such a long, [Ab] long way, _ and I feel like I [Bb] will never _ _ [Cm] reach my [Eb] home.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Not a shirt on [Cm] my back, not a [Fm] penny to my [Ab]
name, _ _ [Fm] Lord I [Bb] can't go home, well [Eb] this old way, _ _ this old way, oh this [Cm] old way.
_ [F] _ No, no, no, [Ab] no, _ Lord _ [C] I can't [Bb] go home, well this old _ way, _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ cause if you miss this train [Cm] I'm on, then you'll [Ab] know that I _ _ am, and [Fm] you can hear the [C] whistle [Bb] blow.
A [Eb] hundred _ miles, _ _ a hundred miles, a hundred [Cm] miles.
_ [Fm] _
Listen down in the now, [Ab] oh you can hear the whistle [Bb] blow.
_ [Eb] A hundred miles.
_ _ _ Oh you can _ [Fm] hear _ the _ _ _ [Bb] whistle blow. _ _
[Cm] Well a [Eb] hundred miles. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ If you miss this train [G] I'm [Cm] on, then you'll [Fm] know that I am, _ [Ab] _ and you can hear [F] the whistle
blow.
[Bb] _ _ A [Eb] hundred miles, _ _ _ a hundred _ miles, a hundred [Cm] miles. _
[F] _ Listen down [Ab] in the now, oh you can [F] hear
the whistle [Bb] blow. _
A [Eb] hundred miles.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Lord I am three, [Ab] Lord I am four, _ [Fm] well I am five [Bb] hundred
miles _ [Eb] from my home.
_ _ Five hundred miles, five [Cm] hundred miles _ [Fm] is such a long, [Ab] long way, _ and I feel like I [Bb] will never _ _ [Cm] reach my [Eb] home.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Not a shirt on [Cm] my back, not a [Fm] penny to my [Ab]
name, _ _ [Fm] Lord I [Bb] can't go home, well [Eb] this old way, _ _ this old way, oh this [Cm] old way.
_ [F] _ No, no, no, [Ab] no, _ Lord _ [C] I can't [Bb] go home, well this old _ way, _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ cause if you miss this train [Cm] I'm on, then you'll [Ab] know that I _ _ am, and [Fm] you can hear the [C] whistle [Bb] blow.
A [Eb] hundred _ miles, _ _ a hundred miles, a hundred [Cm] miles.
_ [Fm] _
Listen down in the now, [Ab] oh you can hear the whistle [Bb] blow.
_ [Eb] A hundred miles.
_ _ _ Oh you can _ [Fm] hear _ the _ _ _ [Bb] whistle blow. _ _
[Cm] Well a [Eb] hundred miles. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _