John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder Hobo Blues Chords

_ [E] When I first saw the Ho-Boy,
[F#] _ _
_ [E] took a freight train to be [D] my friend. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ When I first saw the Ho-Boy, Ho-Boy,
[A]
took _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ [Bm] [C#] a freight train to be my friend.
_ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] Ho-Boy, Ho [C]-Boy, _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ you're no [C#] long way from [C] home.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ The highway, the highway is [Bm] so lonely, so lonely.
[F#] _ Late hours, late hours in the middle of the night,
_ [G] _ _
you're traveling by yourself.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] When I find my baby,
[E] _ _ I ain't no Ho-Boy [A] no more, [Bm] _
_ [Em] no I ain't.
_ [Am] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _
When I find my baby,
_ [C] _ _ _
[C#] [D] I ain't no Ho-Boy no more, no [Bm] more.
[Am] _ _
Freight [B] train, freight train,
_ [A] _ _ [D]
won't be my home [A] no more.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _
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_ [D] _ _ Oh!
_ _ [F#] _
Oh!
_ _ _ [A] Play [D] _
[F#] that thing, boy.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I ain't, I ain't, _ _ _ I ain't a Ho-Boy no more. _ _ _ _
_ I have found my baby. _ _ _
[G] I _ [C] _ ain't gonna ride freight train no [F#m] more.
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I ain't, I ain't, [D] _ [Am] _ [C] I [Cm] ain't a [D] Ho _ _ [C]-Boy, Ho-Boy no more. _
_ These roads have been [Bm] so [Am] rough,
_ [D]
these roads have been so rough and rowdy,
_ _ _ I ain't gonna travel both night and day.
_ [Am] _ _ Lord, Lord, [F#m] Lord, [C] Lord.
_ _ _ _ [F#] I ain't, I ain't, I [C] ain't, _ _ I ain't, I _ ain't a Ho-Boy no more, no more, [F#] no more. _
_ _ _ [C] I have found my [F#] baby.
_ _ [C] I have found my baby. _
_ I ain't a Ho-Boy no more.
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