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500 Miles Away from Home Chords

Music by: Bobby Bare · 1963
Genre Folk / World Views 1982
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[Intro 1]
I'm [Dm]500 [G]miles away from [C]home

[Verse 1]
Teardrops [C]fell on momma's note
When I read the things she [Am]wrote
She said "We [Dm]miss you, son, we [F]love you,
come on [G]home."
Well, I [C]didn't have to pack
I had it all right on my [Am]back
Now I'm [Dm]500 [G]miles away from [C]home

[Chorus 1]
Away from [C]home, away from home
Cold and tired and all a[Am]lone
Yes, I'm [Dm]500 m[G]iles away from h[C]ome

[Interlude 1]
(Doo doo doo [C]doo doo doo doo doo...)
I know this is the same road
I took the day I left home
[Am]But it sure looks different now
[Dm]Well, I guess I look diffe[F]rent, too,
'cause [G]time changes everything.
[C]I wonder what they'll say,
when they see their boy looking this way
(...doo doo doo doo [Am]doo)
Oh, I [Dm]wonder what they'll [G]say
when I get [C]home[D]

[Verse 2]
Can't re[G]member when I ate
It's just thumb and walk and [Em]wait
And I'm [Am]still 500 [C]miles away from [D]home
Well, if my [G]luck had been just right
I'd be with them all to[Em]night
But I'm [Am]still 500 [D]miles away from [G]home

[Chorus 2]
Away from [C]home, away from home
Cold and tired and all a[Am]lone
Yes, I'm [Dm]still 500 [G]miles away from [C]home
Oh, I'm [Dm]still 500 [G]miles away from [C]home
[Fade out]
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