500 miles (complete)
by Peter, Paul and Mary · posted by Theo_
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
-5 -5 -6 -6 6 -5 -6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone.
-4 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 -4 -5 6
You can hear the whistle blow, a hundred miles.
-4 -4 -5 -6 -6 6 -5 -6
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
-6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4
a hundred miles, a hundred miles.
-4 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 -4 -5 -5
You can hear the whistle blow, a hundred miles.
-4 -5 -6 6 -5 -6
Lord I'm one, lord I'm two,
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lord I'm three, Lord I'm four.
-4 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 -5 6 -6
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.
6 6 6 -7 -7 -6 6 -7
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles,
-6 6 -5 -6 -7 -6 6 5
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles.
5 6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 -4 -5 -5
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.
-5 -5 -6 6 -5 -6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
-4 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 -4 -5 6
Lord I can't go home, this away
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This away, this away,
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this away, this away.
-4 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 -4 -5 -5
Lord I can't go home, this away.
-5 -5 -6 -6 6 -6 -6 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone.
-4 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 -4 -5 -5
You can hear the whistle blow, a hundred miles.