you will know that I am gone Dm F You can hear the whistle blow Railroaders’ Lament: 500 Miles – Hedy West? Bobby Bare? 1 |C |Am |Dm |F | |Dm |G G7 |C |/ / / / | If you C Am miss the train I'm on, Dm F you will know that I am gone Dm F You can hear the whistle blow G / / / | G7 / a hundred miles C 0003 Am 2000 Dm 2210 F 2010 G 0232 G7 0212 1 1
You can hear the whistle blow G7 C | / / a hundred miles. Railroaders’ Lament: 500 Miles 2 / / C A hundred miles, Am a hundred miles, Dm F a hundred miles Dm G / You can hear the whistle blow G7 C | / / a hundred miles. 2 2
C Am Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Dm F Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four Railroaders’ Lament: 500 Miles 3 C 0003 Am 2000 Dm 2210 F 2010 G 0232 G7 0212 C Am Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Dm F Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four Dm F Lord I'm five hundred miles |G |G7 / from my home. 3 3
Lord I'm five hundred miles G7 C / / / | / / from my home. Railroaders’ Lament: 500 Miles 4 C 0003 Am 2000 Dm 2210 F 2010 G 0232 G7 0212 C Five hundred miles, Am five hundred miles Dm five hundred miles, F Dm G Lord I'm five hundred miles G7 C / / / | / / from my home. 4 4
C Am Not a shirt on my back, Dm F not a penny to my name, Dm F Railroaders’ Lament: 500 Miles 5 C 0003 Am 2000 Dm 2210 F 2010 G 0232 G7 0212 C Am Not a shirt on my back, Dm F not a penny to my name, Dm F Lord I can't go a-home G G7 this a-way. 5 5
C Am This a-way, this a-way, Dm F this a-way, this a-way, Dm G Railroaders’ Lament: 500 Miles 6 C 0003 Am 2000 Dm 2210 F 2010 G 0232 G7 0212 C Am This a-way, this a-way, Dm F this a-way, this a-way, Dm G Lord I can't go back home C | / / this a-way. 6 6
If you miss the train I'm on, Dm F you will know that I am gone Dm G7! Railroaders’ Lament: 500 Miles LAST C Am If you miss the train I'm on, Dm F you will know that I am gone Dm G7! You can hear the whistle blow |C / F / |C! a hundred miles 7 7