Intro:
C   Am   C    Am
Dm  F    Dm   G

       C                  Am           Dm             F
If you miss the train I m on, you will know that I am gone
        G                F              G7
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
          C                Am               Dm               F
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
        G                G7             C
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.


         C             Am            Dm              F
Lord I m one, lord I m two, lord I m three, lord I m four,
         G         F       G7
Lord I m 500 miles from my home.
    C          Am         Dm         F
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
         G            G7            C
Lord I m five hundred miles from my home.


      C           Am          Dm          F
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
       G          F           G7
Lord I can t go a home this a way
       C            Am          Dm          F
This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way,
       G          G7          C
Lord I can t go a home this a way.


       C                  Am           Dm             F
If you miss the train I m on, you will know that I am gone
        G                F              G7
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles