1000 Miles Away chords by Hoodoo Gurus

Key: 'A'

First part:

A                                    D
  Estimated time of arrival 9.30 a.m
     A                                                    D
Been up before the sun and now I'm tired before I even begin
  E                 F#m            Bm7              E
(Now you're flying) I got so much work in front of me
                      F#m            Bm7         A
(Really flying) it stretches out far as the eye can see
       D
I can see

       A
Spend half my life in airports
                                     D
Doing crosswords and attempting to sleep
      A                                                       D
And when the bar is open then you'll often find me warming a seat
E                    F#m                  Bm7               E
  (Now you're flying)    I never find a place where I can stay
                F#m                   Bm7            A
(Really flying)     I'd rather be a thousand miles away
                 D
Thousand miles away

(A  A4  A  D)
(D7M  D  D7M)
(A  A4  A  D)
(D7M  D  D7M)

Second part:

 A
Working for yourself sometimes ain't all
            A4    A      D  D7M  D  D7M
That it's cracked up to be
              A
It can be as lonely at the top
                      A4  A          D  D7M  D  D7M
As at the bottom of that corporate tree
E                    F#m                      Bm7           E
  (Now you're flying)    I'm told I'm going places who can say?
               F#m                             Bm7
(Really flying)    I might arrive but I'll be gone
               A
The very next day
          A4  A  D  D7M  D  D7M
I must be on my way
A     A4      A      D  D7M  D  D7M
  A thousand miles away

Solo: A  C#m  F#m  D
       A  C#m  F#m  D

E|------9--------9--------9-------10--------|
B|---10-------10-------10------10-----------|
G|-9----------------11-------9--------------|
D|---------11-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

E|------10-9--------10-9--------10-9--------|
B|---10----------10----------10-------------|
G|-9----------------------11----------------|
D|------------11----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|
B|-----5------------------------------------|
G|-4b6---6r4-2------2-4b6r4p2---2-----------|
D|--------------2h4-----------4-------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Terceira Part:

  A
Promised to myself someday
                        A4    A    D    D7M  D  D7M
I'd take the time and try to make sense
       A
Out of all those opportunities
                          A4  A       D    D7M  D  D7M
I've lost from trying to sit  on the fence
E                    F#m
  (Now you're flying)    but right now
             Bm7            E
I've got no time for yesterday
                 F#m             Bm7            A
(Really flying) yesterday is a thousand miles away
    A4      A      D
A thousand miles away
    D7M  D    D7M    A
A tho__usand miles away
    A4      A      D
A thousand miles away
    D7M  D    D7M    E
A tho__usand miles away

                   F#m                     Bm7                E
(Now you're flying)    what was that that you were trying to say?
     F#m          Bm7            A         A4  A
I guess I was a thousand miles away, away

(D  D7m  D  D7M)
(A  A4  A  D)

    D7M  D    D7M    A
A tho__usand miles away
                   A4      A      D
Sing it again (a thousand miles away)
    D7M  D    D7M    A
A tho__usand miles away
              A4  A  D
Sing it again
    D7M  D    D7M    A
A tho__usand miles away

Final: A  C#m  F#m  D
        A  C#m  F#m  D  A