Intro: E  C#m  E  C#m 
          F#m  A  F#m  B 
          E 

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

 E                  C#m              F#m             A 
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four 
         F#m            G#m A       B 
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home 
              E                  C#m                 F#m                  A 
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles 
         F#m          G#m A       B 
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home 

        E          C#m        F#m             A 
Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name 
         F#m     G#m  A       B 
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way 
        E        C#m           F#m             A 
This a-way, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way 
        F#m           G#m A       B 
Lord I can't go back home this a-way 

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