Chords for Cuby & The Blizzards - 02 - Hobo Blues (1966)

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[E] [A] When I first [D] started the hobo, [E] I'm taking a free train to be [Bm] my friend, you know, [E] already.
[Gm] _ And you got no loot.
You got to get somewhere fast, you got hobo, you got [B] to hitchhike, you got [Gm] to do anything.
So [G] I went to the station that night, [Em] and when they were not looking, I got myself a freight train.
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[A] _ [E] When I first started [G] the hobo, [E] _ I'm [G] [E] taking a freight train to be my friend, oh la la la. _
[G] _ [E] _ _ _ Yeah, when I [G] first started the hobo, [A] I'm [E] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _
taking a freight train to be my [Bm] friend.
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[E] A hobo, a hobo, [D] a long, long way [E] from home. _
_ Oh [G] yeah, _ _ the sun's coming up. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] When I first started [A] the hobo, [Em] _ _ [A] I'm taking [E] a freight [Em] train to be my [A] [Em] friend.
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Yeah, when I [E] first started [Em] the hobo, _ _ _ [A] _ [E]
[Em] I'm taking a [E] freight [A] train [E] [G] to [E] be [A] my [E] friend.
[Em] _ [E] _ [A] _ [Em] A hobo, a hobo, [A] a long, long [Em] way from home.
_ _ [A] Oh [Em] yeah, _ [E] [A] that [G] sun's [E] coming up, you know.
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[G] _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] [G] Lord, [A] Lord have [E] mercy, [G] [E] help me, help [A] me, help me, help [E] me, oh, oh, [G] oh, my way.
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[G] _ [E] Have mercy, have [G] mercy, [E] have [A] mercy.
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Help me, [A] help me, help me, oh, [Em] oh, my, my, my, my way.
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[G] Help me, [E] help me [A] where I'm going [E] now, gal, [G] gal.
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Freight [E] train, [A] freight [E] train, oh, [G] _ [E] [A] freight [E] train, [G] be my [E] friend, oh.
Oh, oh, _ [G] _ [E] _ [A] [E] oh, oh, [G] _ [E] [A] oh, oh, [G] oh, [E] _ [A] _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ [A] _ [Em] yeah. _ _ _
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[Bm] _ [A] [Em] I got myself a freight train and my dear old mother, my dear old mother, [A] my [Em] dear old mother,
She [A] follow, [G] she follow me down to the yard.
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She said, my son, [G] my son is gone.
[E] _ [A] [Em] My poor son is gone.
_ [G] In a big wide [E] world [G] somewhere.
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In that big [A] wide world.
[E] _ [G] _ [Em] [A] Oh [Em] yeah.
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_ _ _ [E] _ Oh yeah.
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