The Hobo Song chords
byJohn PrineTempo:
108.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
E
B
A
Em
F#m
E
B
A
[Em] [A] [E] [B] .
[E] .
There was a time [A] when lonely men would [E] wander [B] [E] through [B] this land, rolling aimlessly [E] along.
[B] So many [Em] times [C#] I've heard [A] of their [E] sad story .
[C#] [E] written in [B] the words of [E] dead men's songs.
.
[B] Down through the [E] years many men [A] have [E] yearned for freedom, .
[B] some found it only on the open [E] road.
So [B] .
many [E] tears [F#m] of blood have filled [E] around us, cause you can't always [B] do what you are [E] told.
.
Please [Em] tell me where [E] [C#] have [A].
all the hopos [Em] [E] gone to?.
[B] [E] .
[B] I see no fire burning down by [E] the [B] rusty railroad track.
.
[C#] [E] Could it be [F#m] that time has gone and [E] left them .
[C#m] tied [E] up in [B] life's eternal traveling [E] sand?
.
[A] [G] [E] [B] .
[F#m] [B] [E] .
[F#m] [E] Last Sunday night I wrote [A] a letter .
[E] [F#m] to my [E] loved ones.
.
I signed my [B] name and knew I had stayed away.
too [Em] long.
[E] [B] .
There [G#m] was a time [E] when [A] my heart was free to wander [E] and .
[G#m] [E] I remember as I [B] sing this [E] hobo song.
.
Please tell me where [A] have [E] all the hopos gone to?
.
[B] I see no fire burning down by the rusty railroad track.
Could [E] it be [A] that time has gone [E] and left them.
tied up in [B].
life's eternal traveling [E] sand?
.
[Am] [E] Tied up in [B] life's eternal traveling [E] sand.
.
.
[E] .
There was a time [A] when lonely men would [E] wander [B] [E] through [B] this land, rolling aimlessly [E] along.
[B] So many [Em] times [C#] I've heard [A] of their [E] sad story .
[C#] [E] written in [B] the words of [E] dead men's songs.
.
[B] Down through the [E] years many men [A] have [E] yearned for freedom, .
[B] some found it only on the open [E] road.
So [B] .
many [E] tears [F#m] of blood have filled [E] around us, cause you can't always [B] do what you are [E] told.
.
Please [Em] tell me where [E] [C#] have [A].
all the hopos [Em] [E] gone to?.
[B] [E] .
[B] I see no fire burning down by [E] the [B] rusty railroad track.
.
[C#] [E] Could it be [F#m] that time has gone and [E] left them .
[C#m] tied [E] up in [B] life's eternal traveling [E] sand?
.
[A] [G] [E] [B] .
[F#m] [B] [E] .
[F#m] [E] Last Sunday night I wrote [A] a letter .
[E] [F#m] to my [E] loved ones.
.
I signed my [B] name and knew I had stayed away.
too [Em] long.
[E] [B] .
There [G#m] was a time [E] when [A] my heart was free to wander [E] and .
[G#m] [E] I remember as I [B] sing this [E] hobo song.
.
Please tell me where [A] have [E] all the hopos gone to?
.
[B] I see no fire burning down by the rusty railroad track.
Could [E] it be [A] that time has gone [E] and left them.
tied up in [B].
life's eternal traveling [E] sand?
.
[Am] [E] Tied up in [B] life's eternal traveling [E] sand.
.
.