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: , , ,
Intro - the easiest way to play the intro is this:
(keep playing )
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|--------------------------------------------------------|
If you miss the train I m on,
You will know that I am gone,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Lord, I m one, Lord, I m two,
Lord, I m three, Lord, I m four,
Lord, I m five hundred miles a way from home.
Away from home, away from home,
Away from home, away from home,
Lord, I m five hundred miles away from home.
Not a shirt on my back,
Not a penny to my name.
Lord, I can t go back home this-a way.
This- way, this- way,
This- way, this- way,
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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If you miss the train I m on,
You will know that I am gone,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
27.08.2013, tabbed by RaphaeL-