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Hobo Bill

key of C

 C                                 C7
 6   6   6  6  -6    7     -6      6
Rid-ing on an east-bound freight train,

 F           Fm         C
  -5  -5     -5    4    5
Speed-ing through the night,

 F               C
-5 -5  6    -6    6    5   4
Ho-bo Bill, the rail-road bum,

     D7                G7
 5   -4   -4  -7  -6   6
Was fight-ing for his life.

verse 2
As the train sped through the darkness
With a raging storm outside
Hobo Bill, the railroad bum,
Was taking his last ride.

verse 3
The sadness of his eyes revealed
The torture of his soul,
As he raised a weak and weary hand
To brush away the cold.

verse 4
Outside the rain was a-pourin'
On that lonely boxcar door,
And the little form of Hobo Bill
Lay still upon the floor.

verse 5
He heard the whistle blowin'
In a dreary sort of way.
The hobo seemed contented,
For he smiles there where he lay.

verse 6
It was early in the morning,
When they raised the hobo's heaad,
And the smile was still lingered on his face,
But Hobo Bill was dead.

verse 7
There was no mother's longing
To think of this weary soul,
He was nothing but a railroad bum
Who died out in the cold.