Standard (EADGBE)

If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone

 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,

 A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,

 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four,

 Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.

 Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles, five hundred miles,

 Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.

 Instrumental

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name

 Lord I cant go back home this a-way

 This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,

 Lord I can't go back home this a-way.

If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I am gone

 You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles ~