I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

By The Proclaimers, 1988

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{st:By The Proclaimers, 1988}

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[D]When I wake up, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who [A]wakes up next to [D]you.
[D]When I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who [A]goes along with [D]you.
[D]If I get drunk, well I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who [A]gets drunk next to [D]you.
[D]And if I haver, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who's [A]havering to [D]you.


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[D]But I would walk 500 miles, and [G]I would walk [A]500 more,
Just to [D]be the man who walked 1,000 [G]miles to fall down [A]at your door.
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[D]When I'm working, yeah, I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who's [A]working hard for [D]you.
[D]And when the money, comes in for the work I do
I'll pass [G]almost every [A]penny on to [D]you.
[D]When I come home, oh I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who [A]comes back home to [D]you.
[D]And if I grow old, well, I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who's [A]growing old with [D]you.


{c:Chorus:}
{soc}
[D]But I would walk 500 miles, and [G]I would walk [A]500 more,
Just to [D]be the man who walked 1,000 [G]miles to fall down [A]at your door.
{eoc}

[D]Ta la la ta (ta la la ta), ta la la ta (ta la la ta),
la la la [G]ta, la la la la la [A]ta,la la la [D] la la
[D]Ta la la ta (ta la la ta), ta la la ta (ta la la ta),
la la la [G]ta, la la la la la [A]ta,la la la [D] la la


[D]When I'm lonely, well, I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who's [A]lonely without [D]you.
[D]And when I'm dreaming, well, I know I'm gonna dream,
I'm gonna [G]dream about the [A]time when I'm with [D]you.
[D]When I go out, well I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who [A]goes along with [D]you.
[D]And when I come home, well I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna [G]be the man who [A]comes back home to[D]you.
I'm gonna [Em]be the man who's[A] coming home to [D]you.


{c:Chorus:}
{soc}
[D]But I would walk 500 miles, and [G]I would walk [A]500 more,
Just to [D]be the man who walked 1,000 [G]miles to fall down [A]at your door.
{eoc}

[D]Ta la la ta (ta la la ta), ta la la ta (ta la la ta),
la la la [G]ta, la la la la la [A]ta,la la la [D] la la 
[D]Ta la la ta (ta la la ta), ta la la ta (ta la la ta),
la la la [G]ta, la la la la la [A]ta,la la la [D] la la



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