500 Miles (1961)
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The Journeymen:
Scott McKenzie
John Phillips
Dick Weissman
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The song is right here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgQJzJsM5U
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The song is originally played on the guitar and the banjo. Here's how I play the
song on the guitar.
It sounds better with two guitars, so find a friend who plays the guitar as well.
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Standard Tunning, Capo 3 fret
Chords: G, Em, Am, C
Intro - the easiest way to play the intro is this:
G Em Am C Am C G (keep playing G)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0--0-----0-------0--------------0-----------------|
G|----0------2-0---2-0-2---2-0------0-2---2-0---0-----0-0-|
D|--0--------------------------2--2-----------2---2-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G Em
If you miss the train I'm on,
Am C
You will know that I am gone,
Am C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
G Em
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am C
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_journeymen/500_miles_crd.html ]
G Em
Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two,
Am C
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four,
Am C G
Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
G Em
Away from home, away from home,
Am C
Away from home, away from home,
Am C G
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home.
G Em
Not a shirt on my back,
Am C
Not a penny to my name.
Am C G
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.
G Em
This-A way, this-A way,
Am C
This-A way, this-A way,
Am C G
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.
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For the solo you can play the intro's part, or better yet,
improvise in the same key the way you feel it ;)
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G Em
If you miss the train I'm on,
Am C
You will know that I am gone,
Am C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
G Em
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am C
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
Am C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Am C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
27.08.2013, tabbed by RaphaeL-
