Miles Away Chords by Josh Ritter

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[Ab] _ _ _ Came into this world [Bb] I was lost [Eb] not found
Did [Ab] not hold [Eb] me in its arms [Bb] like it holds [Ab] me now
So I turned myself a bird [Bb] that could cross [Eb] the waves _
[Ab] And I woke up [Eb] just a man [Bb] who was miles [Ab] away
_ Miles [Eb] away, _ miles [Ab] away, _ miles [Eb] away, _ miles [Ab] away _ _
So I went to Cape Canaveral [Bb] and I went [Eb] to the moon
_ _ [Ab] And I stayed [Eb] up there [Bb] for a year or [Ab] two
_ Famous picture of me [Bb] above the blue [Eb] parade
A [Ab] man a million [Eb] miles up [Bb] still [Ab] miles away
_ Miles [Eb] away, _ miles [Ab] away, [Bb] _ [Ab] [Eb] miles away, _ miles [Ab] away
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[Ab] _ _ _ So I went back to Kansas [Bb] it was [Eb] summertime
Brought _ [Ab] flowers [Eb] to my family [Bb] by the [Ab] riverside _
[Eb] _ [Ab] At the end of his life they [Bb] said my father [Eb] had changed
Suppose [Ab] we could have been [Eb] friends but [Bb] I was miles [Ab] away _
[Eb] Miles away, _ miles [Ab] away, _ _ [Eb] miles away, _ miles [Ab] away _ _
Honey you don't belong [Bb] in a place [Eb] like this
_ [Bb] [Ab] With your long [Eb] yellow hair [Bb] and your [Ab] hills
But _ the look in your eye is [Bb] like the world [Eb] from space
The [Ab] way the sun hits [Eb] off the water [Bb] from miles [Ab] away
_ _ [Eb] Miles away, _ miles [Ab] away, _ [Eb] miles away, _ _ [Ab] miles away
_ Honey can you [Eb] leave your lights on
Honey can you leave your light [Ab] on
[Eb] Honey can you leave your light on
Honey can you [Ab] leave your light [Eb] on
I'm miles away, _ miles [Ab] away, _ [Eb] miles away, _ miles [Ab] away
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