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{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] {end_of_part} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_chorus} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Link} da [E]lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) da [A]dam da da lam da [B]dam da lam da [E]da da [E]lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) da [A]dam da da lam da [B]dam da lam da [E]da [E5] {end_of_part} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 3} {start_of_part: Link} da [E]lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) da [A]dam da da lam da [B]dam da lam da [E]da da [E]lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) da [A]dam da da lam da [B]dam da lam da [E]da [E5] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} da [E]lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) da [A]dam da da lam da [B]dam da lam da [E]da da [E]lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) da [A]dam da da lam da [B]dam da lam da [E]da [E5] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 4}