Verse 1
 
          G                Em 
If you missed the train I'm on  
          Am                 C 
You will know that I am gone 
       Am              Dsus2             G 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles 
 
            G                      Em 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
         Am                        C  
A hundred miles, a hundred miles 
       Am              Dsus2            G  
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles 
 
Verse 2
 
          G              Em 
Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, 
          Am                
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four 
                                       Dsus2 
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home 
 
          G               Em 
Away from home, away from home, 
          Am                       
Away from home, away from home 
                       Dsus2               G 
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home 
 
Verse 3
 
       G          Em 
Not a shirt on my back 
      Am                
Not a penny to my name 
                                  Dsus2 
Lord, I can't go back home this a-way 
 
       G           Em 
This a-way, this a-way, 
       Am                
This a-way, this a-way, 
                     Dsus2               G 
Lord, I can't go back home this this a-way 
 
Verse 4
 
       G                    Em 
If you missed the train I'm on 
         Am                   
You will know that I am gone 
                                       Dsus2 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles 
 
Outro
 
          G                Em 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
          Am                     
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, 
                        Dsus2             G 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles 
                        Dsus2             G 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles 
                        Dsus2             G 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles