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1000 Miles Away
Hoodoo Gurus
A (2) D (2)
Estimated time of arrival nine thirty AM
A (2) D (2)
Been up before the sun and now I'm tired before I even begin
E F#m Bm7
(Now you're flying) I got so much work in front of me
E F#m Bm7
(Really flying) It stretches out far as the eye can
A (2) D (2)
see I can see
A (2) D (2)
Spent half my life in airports doing crosswords or attempting to sleep
A (2) D (2)
And when the bar is open then you'll often find I'm warming a seat
E F#m Bm7
(Now you're flying) I never find a place where I can stay
E F#m Bm7
(Really flying) I'd rather be a thousand miles away
A (2) D (2)
A thousand miles away
/ A - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - /
(band enters)
/ A - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - /
A (2) D (2)
Working for yourself sometimes ain't all that it's cracked up to be
A (2) D (2)
It can be as lonely at the top as at the bottom of that corporate tree
E F#m Bm7
(Now you're flying) I'm told I'm going places who can say
E F#m Bm7
(Really flying) I might arrive but I'll be gone the very next day
A (2) D (2)
I must be on my way
A (2) D (2)
a thousand miles away
Instrumental:
/ A - - - / C#m - - - / F#m - - - / D - - - /
/ A - - - / C#m - - - / F#m - - - / D - - - / - - - - /
A (2) D (2)
I promise to myself someday I'll take the time and try to make sense
A (2) D (2)
Out of all those opportunities I lost I'm trying to sit on the fence
E F#m Bm7
(Now you're flying) Right now I got no time for yesterday
E F#m Bm7
(Really flying) Yesterday's a thousand miles away,
A (2) D (2)
a thousand miles away (a thousand miles away)
A (2) D (2)
a thousand miles away (a thousand miles away)
E F#m Bm7
(Now you're flying) What was that that you were trying to say
E F#m Bm7
I guess I was a thousand miles
A (2) (D) (2)
away hey hey hey
A (2) D (2)
hey hey hey hey hey hey (A thousand miles away)
A (2) D (2)
Sing it again (A thousand miles away)
A (2) D (2)
Sing it again (A thousand miles away)
A (2) D (2)
Sing it again (A thousand miles away)
/ A - - - / C#m - - - / F#m - - - / D - - - /
/ A - - - / C#m - - - / F#m - - - / D - - - / - - - - / - (end) /
Sing it again
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
