Chords for ThreeChordGuitar.com: 1000 miles from nowhere Guitar Lesson

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_ _ _ _ _ Hello, Mojo from 3chordguitar.com and we're going to be looking at another song.
It's been an old favorite of mine and I hadn't thought about that song in a long time.
It's Dwight Yoakam's A Thousand Miles From Nowhere.
Not too sure why I thought about that song again except maybe that Dwight has that CD
out recently singing the song from Buck Owens and I happen to be a huge Buck Owens fan as
well so there you have it.
That's probably why it came back to my mind.
This song features four chords, maybe five if that.
_ [E] _ _ [Gb] We'll see two ways to play it for two reasons.
One because the regular way _ includes an F [F] chord.
_ _ _ One of [Gb] those torturous little things that if you're [B] new to the guitar you're probably
[Ab] still having some issues with.
Don't worry, I still do [C] as well.
_ _ The other reason [A] why is because I just can't sing it in that [Fm] key man.
[C] You [Ab] know, I'm no Dwight.
Maybe that's because I don't wear those [B] wicked tight jeans.
_ Maybe that [Ab] has an impact on my range, vocal range [B] that is.
Anyway, with that in mind, the way it normally is played is it starts with [C] a C, _ _ _ then it goes
to an A [Am] minor.
_ _ [A] So really the only difference here is that you're lifting your ring [Ab] finger and you're
bringing it from the A string third fret down to the G string [Em] second fret.
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ The [Bb] rest stays the [C] same.
_ Cause I'm a million miles from [Am] nowhere.
_ _ [C] _ Time don't matter [Am] to me.
_ [D] I'm a million miles from [Am] nowhere.
_ [F] And there's no place I [G] want to be.
_ _ _ Alright, so when you [F] go to the no place you want to be, _ it starts with an F [G] and then you
slide up to a G.
_ _ _ [Em] Note that you could do your G as [G] a regular G.
_ It's just [F] because I'm already in a bar form.
[G] _ _ I just slide it [Db] up two frets.
So in [Bb] other words, my index [B] finger is going to be going from the first fret all the way
up to the third fret.
The rest [G] stays the same.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] And there's the part where he goes I O I and that's an [F] F. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ Then you go back to G. _
Now [F] to F. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ G.
[B] Then he does the wah wah wah thingy and he ends up on an [Am] A minor. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ And back [G] to the [C] I worry song.
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[B] Alright, so that's [Ab] one way to play the song.
_ _ Personally, when I play it, I usually play it in G instead [G] of C. _
_ _ _ It allows me to [B] be in a more natural key for my, see my voice ranges for about a G to an
F in the same _ octave.
So yeah, pretty limited.
You gotta find a way to play these songs guys.
And at the end of the [Db] day, it doesn't quite matter now does it?
My audience of two cats and three plush animals _ down in the basement of my house doesn't seem
to mind that I'm playing it in G today.
[D] So anyway, to play it in [G] G, _ obviously you start with a G chord, amazingly enough. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ Then you go down to an E minor.
And an E minor is a regular E chord, [B] but you just lift up the index finger.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C]
And then you go to a C.
Okay. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ And then a D.
And we're basically back to most of the chords we've been using all along with these songs
guys [G] in these videos. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
Time will matter [Em] to me.
_ [G]
I'm a million miles [Em] from nowhere.
And there's [C] nothing [D] I'd rather be. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ Heartache in [Em] my butt.
_ [G] I got _ _ [Em] my head.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ Same pattern.
[C] Then C.
[D] G.
_ _ _ _ Get to that [G] break.
[C] _
Back to C.
_ _ _ [D] Oh, I.
D.
_ _ _ [G] _ [C]
I.
_ C.
_ _ [D] Oh, I.
_ _ _ _ [G] Ooh, [Em] E minor.
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[G] _ _ And back to G.
[Gb] And that's the whole song.
_ Pretty easy song to play.
Good little song [Bb] to jam with.
Nice little rhythm to it.
If you look at the [Ab] strumming part, I usually do it pretty much the same way all the way.
So [G] it's _ _ _ _ down, down, up. _
Down, down, up.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] Remains pretty [G] consistent.
Down, down, up.
_ Down, up, down, up.
[Em]
Down, down, up.
Down, up, _ down, up.
[Eb] By the way, when I go up, I cheat.
I usually just go up [D] with my thumb.
So [C] _ _ I _ [G] don't go up with a whole.
When I go down, I use these four fingers.
_ _ But when I go up, I use just a thumb. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] And that's pretty [Ab] much it.
Another easy three or four chord song for you.
Yeah, hopefully you enjoyed it.
If you have any questions, you know where to find me.
And don't hesitate to e-mail.
Take care, guys. _ _ _ _
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