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Song title:       Thousand Miles Away
Original Album:	  The Immortal Otis Redding

Words and Music by Otis Redding 
Copyright © 1968 Atco Records 
Published by Atlantic Records Inc.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is 6/8.


INTRO:

  E                         F#m
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------1-----------|-------------2-----------|
|---------2-------2-------|---------4-------4-------|
|-----2---------------2---|-----4---------------4---|
|-0-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |


  D                         E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------7-----------|-------------9-----------|
|---------7-------7-------|---------9-------9-------|
|-----7---------------7---|-----9---------------9---|
|-5-----------------------|-7-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |

                                        You were a


VERSE1:

  A                         C
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-----------|
|-------------6-----------|---------5-------5-------|
|---------7-------7-------|-----5---------------5---|
|-----5---------------7---|-3-----------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |

  thou  - sand miles  a  -  way


  A
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------4---5-------|
|---------7-------7-------|---------7-----------7---|
|-----7---------------7---|-----7-------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|


| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |

  Ooh, I miss you darling, yeah.        You were a 


  A                         C
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-----------|
|-------------6-----------|---------5-------5-------|
|---------7-------7-------|-----5---------------5---|
|-----5---------------7---|-3-----------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |

  thou  - sand miles  a  -  way, yeah, sure enough I 


  A
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------6-----------|-------------4h5p4-------|
|---------7-------7-------|---------7---------7-----|
|-----7---------------7---|-----7---------------7---|
|-5-----------------------|-5-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - |

  need you, yeah


CHORUS1:
Chords:
E  022100    D  x57775
F# 244322    E  x79997

E              F#
  What's mine,    baby, is yours
D               E
  I want you to have it, honey


[pick chords as in VERSE1]
                 A               C
Oh, but you're a thousand miles away

A
  Ooh I can't give it to ya

 
CHORUS2:
Notes:
Play as in CHORUS1.

What's yours, I know is mine
I want my share, baby, give it to me now

A thousand miles away, yeah,
Ooh, I can't get it from ya, honey


[play: 6/8| C5 D5 | A5 |]

                  | C5 D5 | A5 |
You got me sufferin'

  A               C
A thousand miles away, yeah, I love ya, I wanna see you, girl