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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.