Intro 
A               F#m         Bm            Bm         Bm           E 
 
Verse 1
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If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone 
        Bm               E              A 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles, 
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A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
        Bm               E              A 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. 
 
Verse 2
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Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I'm three, lord I'm four, 
         Bm                    E 
Lord I'm 500 miles away from home. 
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Away from home, Away from home, Away from home, Away from home, 
         Bm           E               A 
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home. 
 
Intrumental Break
A    C#m   Bm 
Bm         E 
A    C#m   Bm 
D     E    A 
 
Verse 3
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Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name 
       Bm                        E 
Lord I can't go back home this a way 
       A            F#m         Bm 
This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way, 
       Bm            E           A 
Lord I can't go back home this a way. 
 
Verse 4
       A                  F#m          Bm 
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone 
        Bm                              E 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles 
          A                F#m              Bm 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
        D                E              A 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. 
        Bm               E              A 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. 
        Bm               E              A 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.