D7            C              G
1. I'm five hundred miles away from home
   G
   Teardrops fell on mama's note,
                              Em
   when I read the things she wrote.
               D7                C                 D7
   She said "We miss you son, we love you, come on home"

          G
2. Well I didn't have to pack,
                            Em
   I had it all right on my back
           D7            C              G
   Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

   G
R: Away from home, away from home
                           Em
   Cold and tired and all alone
            D7           C              G
   Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home

*: I know this is the same coat
   I took when I left home
   But it sure looks different now
   And I guess I look different too
   But time changes everything
   I wonder what they'll say,
   When they see their boy lookin' this way

   Oh, I wonder what they'll say when I get home

3. Can't remember when I ate,
   it's just thumb and walk and wait
   And I'm still five hundred miles away from home

4. If my love had been just right,
   I'd be with them all tonight
   But I'm still five hundred miles away from home

R: +
   Oh, I'm still five hundred miles away from home