{title: I'm gonna be (500 Miles)}
{artist: Proclaimers}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 132}
{key: E}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[E5]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
When I [E5]wake up, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [A]be the man who [B]wakes up next to [E5]you
When I [E5]go out, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [A]be the man who [B]goes along with [E5]you
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
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 you
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
But [E]I would walk fivehundred miles and I-[A]I would walk five[B]hundred more
Just to [E]be the man who walked a thousand [A]miles to fall down [B]at your door
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
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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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
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 with [E]you
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Link}
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[E5]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
When I'm [E5]lonely, well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [A]be the man who's [B]lonely without [E5]you
When I'm [E5]dreaming, well I know I'm gonna dream
I'm gonna [A]dream about the [B]time when I'm with [E5]you
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{start_of_verse: Verse 6}
When I [E]go out (when I go out), well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [A]be the man who [B]goes along with [E]you
And when I [E]come home, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna [A]be the man who [B]comes back home with [C#m]you
I'm gonna [F#m7]be the man who's [A/B]coming home with [E]you
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{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Link}
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[E5]
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[E5]
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{chorus: Chorus 4}