Intro:  First two lines Banjo solo                      Comments or suggestions to kandvlee@shaw.ca

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If you / miss the train I'm / on, /
            / A                    /          /
You will / know that I am / gone, /
             / A                     / B                     / E        /
You can / hear the whistle / blow a hundred / miles, /

                / E                       /          /
A hundred / miles, a hundred / miles, /
                / A                      /           /
A hundred / miles, a hundred / miles, /
             / A                      / B                    / E       /
You can / hear the whistle / blow a hundred / miles. /

            / E                 /        /
Lord I'm / one, Lord I'm / two, /
            / A                    /        /
Lord I'm / three, Lord I'm / four, /
            / A                / B                      / E        /
Lord I'm / five hundred / miles away from / home. /


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Five hundred / miles, five hundred / miles, /
                   / A                          /          /
Five hundred / miles, five hundred / miles, /
            / A                / B                      / E        /
Lord I'm / five hundred / miles away from / home. /

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Not a / shirt on my / back, /
         / A                /            /
Not a / penny to my / name, /
         / A               / B                  / E    /
Lord I / can't go a - / home this a - / way /

            / E                /         /
This a - / way, this a - / way, /
            / A                 /         /
This a - / way, this a  - / way, /
         / A                  / B                  / E     /
Lord I / can't go back / home this a - / way. /

         / E                       /       /
If you / miss the train I'm / on, /
            / A                    /          /
You will / know that I am / gone, /
             / A                      / B                    / E       /
You can / hear the whistle / blow a hundred / miles. /