Biografia:
The Journeymen are a folk-group active in the first half of the 1960's. The band consisted of John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, and Dick Weismann. John and Scott had been boyhood friends and were involved in projects together. When they met Dick Weismann in early 1961 the formed The Journeymen. They signed a contract with Capitol records after playing clubdates in Greenwich Village. They recorded three albums for Capitol untill the group disbanded in early 1964, due to internal struggles.
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500 Miles (1961)
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The Journeymen:
Scott McKenzie
John Phillips
Dick Weissman
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The song is right here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgQJzJsM5U
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The song is originally played on the guitar and the banjo. Here's how I play the
song on the guitar.
It sounds better with two guitars, so find a friend who plays the guitar as well.
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Standard Tunning, Capo 3 fret
Chords: G, Em, Am, C
Intro - the easiest way to play the intro is this:
G Em Am C Am C G (keep playing G)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0--0-----0-------0--------------0-----------------|
G|----0------2-0---2-0-2---2-0------0-2---2-0---0-----0-0-|
D|--0--------------------------2--2-----------2---2-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G Em
If you miss the train I'm on,
Am C
You will know that I am gone,
Am C 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 C 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 C G
Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
G Em
Away from home, away from home,
Am C
Away from home, away from home,
Am C 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 C G
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 C G
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.
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For the solo you can play the intro's part, or better yet,
improvise in the same key the way you feel it ;)
__________________________________________________________
G Em
If you miss the train I'm on,
Am C
You will know that I am gone,
Am C 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 C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Am C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
27.08.2013, tabbed by RaphaeL-
_______________
The Journeymen:
Scott McKenzie
John Phillips
Dick Weissman
___________________________________________________________________
The song is right here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgQJzJsM5U
__________________________________________________________________________________
The song is originally played on the guitar and the banjo. Here's how I play the
song on the guitar.
It sounds better with two guitars, so find a friend who plays the guitar as well.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Standard Tunning, Capo 3 fret
Chords: G, Em, Am, C
Intro - the easiest way to play the intro is this:
G Em Am C Am C G (keep playing G)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0--0-----0-------0--------------0-----------------|
G|----0------2-0---2-0-2---2-0------0-2---2-0---0-----0-0-|
D|--0--------------------------2--2-----------2---2-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G Em
If you miss the train I'm on,
Am C
You will know that I am gone,
Am C 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 C 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 C G
Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home.
G Em
Away from home, away from home,
Am C
Away from home, away from home,
Am C 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 C G
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 C G
Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.
________________________________________________
For the solo you can play the intro's part, or better yet,
improvise in the same key the way you feel it ;)
__________________________________________________________
G Em
If you miss the train I'm on,
Am C
You will know that I am gone,
Am C 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 C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
Am C G
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
27.08.2013, tabbed by RaphaeL-
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