Capo on 3 to play along to original song. The "C-D" is just a quick transistion from C
to D (half the length each). Enjoy, and please rate/comment/correct.
Intro: Em G Am C , Em G Am C-D , ( Em D (X4))
Em G Am C
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone.
Am C D
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Em G Am C
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles.
Am C Em D Em D
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Em G Am C
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name.
Am C D
And the land that I once loved is not my own.
Em G Am C
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,
Am C Em D Em D
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home.
Em G Am C Am C D D , Em G Am C Am C Em D , ( Em D (X3))
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Em G Am C
A hundred tanks along the square. One man stands and stops them there.
Am C D
Some day soon, the tide will turn, and I'll be free.
Em G Am C
I'll be free, I'll be free, I'll come home to my country.
Am C Em D Em D
Some day soon the tide will turn and I'll be free.
Em G Am C
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone.
Am C D
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Em G Am C
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,
Am C Em D Em D
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home.
Em D Em D
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home, yeah
Em G Am C Am C D D
Em G Am C
I'll be free, I'll be free, I'll come home to my country,
Am C Em D Em D
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home.
Em G Am C Am C Em D Em D
O - o - o - o - o , you can hear the whistle blow five hundred miles.
Em G Am C Am C D D , Em G Am C Am C Em
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home.
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