Hobo Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][E][Em][E][Em][D][Em][D]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
Hey, hey, hey, hey [Em]children
Mhm, mhm
[E]Yea[Em]h, hey, hey[G], hey
[Em]

[Verse 2]
[G]When I [Em]first saw the hobo, hobo, hobo
[D]I took a f[Em]reight train to be my friend,
oh [D]lord[Em][E]
[Em]You know a hobo, hobo[E][Em][E]
[Em]You know a h[D]obo a long
[G]way[D] fro[Em]m hom[D]e[Em]
Oh [G]yeah, [Em]mhm

[Interlude 1]
[Em][D][G][Em]
You know my mother [G]followed

[Verse 3]
[Em]
me that morning
Followed me that morning [G]boy
[Em]She followed me down yon[D]der, o[Em]h yeah
She said my son he gone,
he [G]gone, [Em]he's gone
Yes he's gone a long [D]way in the world
some[Em]where

[Interlude 2]
[Em][D][G][Em][D][Em]
[E][Em]

[Verse 4]
Yes I left [Em]my dear old mother,
dear old mother
I left her [G]down on [Em]her knees,
on her knees a- crying, oh [D]lord[Em]
She said take care of my child,
take care of my child
Take care of my child, [A]mhm, [E]yeah

[Interlude 3]
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[Em][D][Em][E][Em]
[D][Em][G][D][G]
[Em][D][G][D][E][Em]
[G]Lord,

[Verse 5]
[D]oh [G]the[D] ho[Em]bo,[G][D][Em][D]
[G]mhm[D][Em][G]
When I saw [Em]the h[G]obo, hobo, h[Em]obo
[G]I took a freight tra[Em]in to [G]be my friend[D],
be my [G]friend, [D]oh lord[Em][D][Em]
You know [G]a hobo, [D]hobo,
[Em]hobo[D] a lon[Em]g way [G]from hom[D]e

[Interlude 4]
[E][D][Em][D][Em][G]
[Em][D][E][Em][G][D][Em]
[D]You know my mother

[Verse 6]
[Em]followed me th[D]at morning,
me [Em]that morning [D]boy
She [Em]followed me [D]down [Em]yonder, [D]yeah
She said [Em]my son [D]he gone, my son he
Gone, he gone in the [Em]world [D]somewhere

[Interlude 5]
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[Em][A][D][Em]
[G][Em][E][Em][G][Em]
[G][Em][G][D][Em][A][G][D][Em]
[G][Em][E][Em][E]
[Em]

[Verse 7]
Left my [E]mother, my dear old [Em]mother
[D]I left her dow[Em]n on [A]her knees a- [D]crying,
[Em]lord yeah
She [G]said take [Em]care of my child,
[G]she said take car[D]e of my chi[G]ld
She said take [D]care of my [Em]child

[Outro 1]
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