500 Miles Away From Home Chords by Bobby Bare

[D] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ I'm [D]
500 miles away [G] from home. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Teardrops fell on Mama's note,
_ When I read the thing [Em] she wrote.
She [Am] said, we miss you, son, [C] we love you,
Come [D] on home. _ _
_ Well, [G] I didn't have to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ leave [G] from home, _ _ _
_ Away from home, away from _ _ cold and tired.
_ _ [Em] _
_ Yes, [Am] I'm 500 _ [D] _
miles away [G] from home. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ know this is the same road I took the day I left home,
[Em]
But it sure looks different [Am] now.
Well, I guess I look [C] different too,
_ [D] As time changes everything.
I [E] _ [G] wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ Oh, I [Am] wonder what [D] they'll say [G] when I get home.
_ _ [A] _
_ [D] Can't remember when I ate,
It's just thumb and walking [Bm]
away.
And [Em] I'm still 500 _ [G]
miles away [A] from home. _ _
_ If [D] my luck had been just right,
I'd be with them all [Bm]
tonight.
But [Em] I'm still 500 _ [A]
miles away [D] from home. _ _
_ Away [G] from home, away from cold _ and tired all [Em]
alone.
Yes, [Am] I'm still 500 _ [D]
miles away [G] from home. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _