The Hobo Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]On the dark side of Chicago,
I heard an [C]old lonesome hobo
As he [G]whistled, Dixie,
it took my mind way back
[D]To Mama's dear swe[G]et angel smile
And the [C]tune she sang me as a child
And how my [G]daddy left us long ago
On a lonesome [D]northbound [G]track
Well he took a nip and I walked over
I laid my [C]hand on a thin old shoulder
And in the [G]moonlight tired old eyes
Stared me right [D]through
So I [G]gave him a brand new twenty
And said [C]friend this ought to be plenty
To [G]pay [C]for a drink
[G]and a [D]memory trip with you
[G]I said I h[C]ave a l[F]ove for D[C]ixie
[F]Cause she's [C]where I [F]long to [C]be
And [F]I'll go [C]home to her [F]someday,
[C]just wait and[G] see
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well [C]someday I'll be joining
So would you [G]save a [C]place for [G]me
In the [D]heart [G]of Dixie[E]
They say my [A]old man rode the rails
So as [D]this hobo spun his tails
My [A]thoughts drifted off
in a dream with a mystery
[E]We drank his win[A]e till we
got Shanghai'd
Slept in a [D]boxcar side by side
Till the [A]morning's [D]light [A]struck my face
[E]an d awoke [A]me.
And on the hobo's arm hanging limp,
the sun's [D]flicker
gave me a glimpse of [A]something
that took me by sur[E]prise.
Across [A]a heart tattooed in his skin,
I [D]saw the name Dixie written there.
And it [A]brought [D]a twinkle an[A]d
a tear in[E]to my eye[A]s.
As I thought, we [D]share a [G]love for Dixie
[D]And s[G]he's wher[D]e we long[G] to be[D]
And [G]I'll go [D]home [G]to her someday,
[D]just wait and see[A]
So if you're leaving in the morning
Well, [D]someday I'll be joining
Lord, [A]save [D]a place for [A]me
In the [E]heart [A]of Dixie[F]
[Bb]He said, well, it's about time for my run
[Eb]I've got a ride to Montgomery, [Bb]son
Sir, I replied,
that's my old [F]stomping ground
[Bb]Yeah, he said he'd hung out
there on the Rippon
[Eb]Before he left a girl named Dixie
[Bb]And [Eb]that for years n[Bb]ow,
his soul [F]had been Alabama [Bb]bound
Well, I told him I thought
I'd known [Eb]his Dixie,
but that she died way back in [Bb]sixty.
They say from loneliness
an[F]d a broken dream.
And [Bb]as I said that, he just slipped away,
[Eb]but left me thinkin' to this very day
[Bb]that Dixie's [Eb]darling
[Bb]was the [F]dad I'd never seen.
[Bb]Lord, [Eb]we shared a [Ab]love for Dixie,
[Eb]now [Ab]he's where[Eb] she went [Ab]to be[Eb]
And [Ab]I'll go [Eb]home to them [Ab]someday,
[Eb]just wait and [Bb]see
He left me behind that morning,
but when my [Eb]time comes
I'll be joining
Lord, [Bb]save a [Eb]place for [Bb]me
in the [F]heart of [Gm]Dixie
Won't [Eb]save a place for [Bb]me
in the [F]heart [Bb]of Itsy.