Guitar chord Inside Llewyn Davis - Five Hundred Miles

500 Miles, also known as Railroaders Lament, was written by Hedy West in 1961, drawing upon American folk songs and her familys own stories. The songs poignant lyrics deal with the themes of loneliness, homesickness, and longing to return home, despite having nothing to return to.

Key:  G 
G
 
Em
 
Am
 
C
 
D2
 

          
G
                
Em
 
If you missed the train I'm on
          
Am
                 
C
 
You will know that I am gone
       
Am
              
D2
             
G
 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
            
G
                      
Em
 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
         
Am
                        
C
 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
       
Am
              
D2
            
G
 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

          
G
              
Em
 
Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two,
          
Am
                
C
 
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four
          
Am
                           
D2
 
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home
          
G
               
Em
 
Away from home, away from home,
          
Am
               
C
 
Away from home, away from home
          
Am
           
D2
               
G
 
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

       
G
          
Em
 
Not a shirt on my back
      
Am
           
C
 
Not a penny to my name
         
Am
                       
D2
 
Lord, I can't go back home this a-way
       
G
           
Em
 
This a-way, this a-way,
       
Am
           
C
 
This a-way, this a-way,
        
Am
            
D2
               
G
 
Lord, I can't go back home this this a-way

       
G
                    
Em
 
If you missed the train I'm on
         
Am
             
C
 
You will know that I am gone
         
Am
                             
D2
 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

          
G
                
Em
 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
          
Am
                
C
 
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
           
Am
           
D2
             
G
 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
           
Am
           
D2
             
G
 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
           
Am
           
D2
             
G
 
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles