I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
1988 — The Proclaimers
Key: E (D-D-D-DUDUDUD-D-)
Version 1 (2013-06-01)
When I
E
wake up well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who
B
wakes up next to
E
you
When I
E
go out yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who
B
goes along wi'
E
you
If I
E
get drunk well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who
B
gets drunk next to
E
you
And if I
E
haver yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who's
B
havering to
E
you
But I
E
would walk five hundred miles
And I
A
would walk five
B
hundred more
Just to
E
be the man who walked that thousand
A
miles
And fall down
B
at your door
When I'm
E
working yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who's
B
working hard for
E
you
And when the
E
money comes in for the work I do
I'll pass
A
almost every
B
penny on to
E
you
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When I
E
come home (when I come home) oh I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who
B
comes back home to
E
you
And if I
E
grow old well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who's
B
growing old wi'
E
you
But I
E
would walk five hundred miles
And I
A
would walk five
B
hundred more
Just to
E
be the man who walked that thousand
A
miles
To fall down
B
at your door
E
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da
A
la ta da la ta da
B
la ta da la la
E
la
E
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da
A
la ta da la ta da
B
la ta da la la
E
la
E
STRUMMING
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When I'm
E
lonely well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who's
B
lonely without
E
you
And when I'm
E
dreaminq well I know I'm gonna dream
I'm gonna
A
dream about the
B
time when I'm with
E
you
When I
E
go out (when I go out) yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who
B
goes along wi'
E
you
And when I
E
come home (when I come home) yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna
A
be the man who
B
comes back home wi'
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you
I'm gonna
A
be the man who's
B
coming home wi'
E
you
For I
E
would walk five hundred miles
And I
A
would walk five
B
hundred more
Just to
E
be the man who walked that thousand
A
miles
To fall down
B
at your door
E
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da
A
la ta da la ta da
B
la ta da la la
E
la
E
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da
A
la ta da la ta da
B
la ta da la la
E
la
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E
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da
A
la ta da la ta da
B
la ta da la la
E
la
E
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da la da
(Ta da la da)
Ta da
A
la ta da la ta da
B
la ta da la la
E
la
And I
E
would walk 5 hundred miles
And I
A
would walk 5
B
hundred more
Just to
E
be the man who walked a thousand
A
miles
To fall down
B
at your
E
door