500 Miles Away from Home original guitar chords by
Bobby Bare

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

Am

Am

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D7

D7

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G

G

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I'm 500 miles away from home

Verse 1
G G 
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Teardrops fell on momma's note
Em Em 
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When I read the things she wrote
Am Am 
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C C 
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She said "We miss you, son, we love you,
D7 D7 
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come on home."
G G 
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Well, I didn't have to pack
Em Em 
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I had it all right on my back
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D7 D7 
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G G 
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Now I'm 500 miles away from home

Chorus 1

G

G

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Away from home, away from home

Em

Em

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Cold and tired and all alone

Am

Am

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D7

D7

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G

G

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Yes, I'm 500 miles away from home

Interlude 1
G G 
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(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo...)
I know this is the same road
I took the day I left home
Em Em 
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But it sure looks different now
Am Am 
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C C 
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Well, I guess I look different, too,
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'cause time changes everything.
G G 
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I  wonder what they'll say,
when they see their boy looking this way
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(...doo doo doo doo doo)
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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Oh, I wonder what they'll say
G G 
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A7 A7 
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when I get home

Verse 2
D D 
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Can't remember when I ate
Bm Bm 2
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It's just thumb and walk and wait
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G G 
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A7 A7 
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And I'm still 500 miles away from home
D D 
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Well, if my luck had been just right
Bm Bm 2
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I'd be with them all tonight
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A7 A7 
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D D 
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D7 D7 
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But I'm still 500 miles away from home

Chorus 2
G G 
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Away from home, away from home
Em Em 
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Cold and tired and all alone
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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G G 
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Yes, I'm still 500 miles away from home
Am Am 
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D7 D7 
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G G 
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Oh, I'm still 500 miles away from home
[Fade out]

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