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Five Hundred Miles
The Proclaimers
Intro:
[D] [D]

Verse 1:
When I [D] wake up, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who [A] wakes up next to [D] you 
When I [D] go out, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who [A] goes along with [D] you
If I [D] get drunk, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who [A] gets drunk next to [D] you 
And if I [D] haver, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who’s [A] havering to [D] you

|Chorus:
|But [D] I would walk 500 miles and [G] I would walk [A] 500 more 
|Just to [D] be the man who walked a thousand
|[G] miles to fall down [A] at your door

Verse 2:
When I’m [D] working, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who’s [A] working hard for [D] you 
And when the [D] money, comes in for the work I do
I'll pass [G] almost every [A]penny on to [D] you
When I [D] come home, oh I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who [A] comes back home to [D] you 
And if I [D] grow old, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who’s [A] growing old with [D] you

Chorus:

Post-Chorus: x2
[D] Ta la la ta {blue}(ta la la ta){/blue} [D] Ta la la ta {blue} (ta la la ta){/blue} 
[G] Talalalala [A] Talalala [D] La la

Verse 3:
When I’m [D] lonely, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who’s [A] lonely without [D] you
And when I’m [D] dreaming, well I know I'm gonna dream
I'm gonna [G] dream about the [A] time when I’m with [D] you
When I [D] go out, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who [A] goes along with [D] you
And when I [D] come home, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [G] be the man who [A] comes back home to [Bm] you
[Slowing]
I’m gonna [G*] be the man who’s [A*] coming home to [D*] you [D*][D*][D*] [D////]

|Chorus:
|But [D] I would walk 500 miles and [G] I would walk [A] 500 more 
|Just to [D] be the man who walked a thousand
|[G] miles to fall down [A] at your door

Post-Chorus: x3
[D] Ta la la ta {blue}(ta la la ta){/blue} [D] Ta la la ta {blue}(ta la la ta) {/blue}
[G] Talalalala [A] Talalala [D] La la

Outro:
[D] Ta la la ta {blue}(ta la la ta){/blue} [D] Ta la la ta {blue}(ta la la ta) (Slowing){/blue}
[G] Talalalala [A] Talalala  [D//////////////] Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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