The western hobo    (video)

 

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1. The wild and reckless hobo who left his happy home,

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    started upon a western trip all by himself alone.

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    Upon this western trip we’re going to have lots of fun,

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    but upon this western trip this is the song he sung.

 

 + G - C - G - D - G

 

         G                                       C                         G

2. I stepped upon a platform smoking a cheap cigar,

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    waiting to catch a freight train to catch an empty car.

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    I buttoned my coat up closely and walked on down the track,

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    I caught the steps of a sleeper car, I never did look back.

 

            G                                       C                         G

3. My pocket book is empty, my heart is filled with pain,

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    ten thousand miles away from home hoboing an old freight train.

 

 

(orig. = capo 1st; video = capo 3rd in D)    (The Carter Family)