500 MILES
As recorded by Joan Baez
(1965 release)



Capo 4th fret



[Verse 1]
         
If you miss th

            
e train I'm on

           
, you will kno

w that I am go

ne
              
You can hear t

            
he whistle blo

            
w a hundred mi

les


[Chorus]
             
A hundred mile

             
s, a hundred m

             
iles, a hundre

  
d miles, a hun

dred miles
              
You can hear t

            
he whistle blo

            
w a hundred mi

les


[Verse 2]
              
Lord I'm one, 

            
Lord I'm two, 

         
Lord I'm three

, Lord I'm fou

r
            
Lord I'm 500 m

              
iles away from

 
 home


[Chorus]
             
500 miles, 500

          
 miles, 500 mi

les, 500 miles
              
Lord, I'm 500 

              
miles away fro

        
m my home


[Verse 3]
              
Not a shirt on

            
 my back, not 

  
a penny to my 

name
              
Lord I can't g

            
o a-home this 

  
a-way


[Chorus]
             
This a-away, t

            
his a-way, thi

    
s a-way, this 

a-way
              
Lord I can't g

            
o a-home this 

   
a-way


[Verse 4]
              
If you miss th

            
e train I'm on

           
, you will kno

w that I am go

ne
              
You can hear t

            
he whistle blo

            
w a hundred mi

 
les


[Chorus]
             
A hundred mile

             
s, a hundred m

             
iles, a hundre

  
d miles, a hun

dred miles
              
You can hear t

            
he whistle blo

             
w a hundred mi


les