Hobo Blues chords by Jeff Beck

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Hey, hey, hey, hey children  (E minor) 
Mhm, mhm
E 
Em 
G 
 (E major) Yeah,  (E minor) hey,  (G major) hey, hey
Em 
 (E minor) 

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Verse 2

When I first saw the hobo, hobo, hobo

I took a freight train to be my friend,

oh lord

You know a hobo, hobo

You know a hobo a long

way from home

Oh yeah, mhm

Interlude 1

You know my mother followed

Verse 3
Em 
 (E minor) 
me that morning
G 
Followed me that morning boy  (G major) 
Em 
D 
Em 
 (E minor) She followed me down yon (D major) der,  (E minor) oh  yeah
She said my son he gone,
G 
Em 
he gone,  (G major)  (E minor) he's gone
D 
Yes he's gone a long way  (D major) in the world
Em 
some (E minor) where

Interlude 2

Verse 4
Em 
Yes I left  (E minor) my  dear old mother,
dear old mother
G 
Em 
I left her down  (G major) on  (E minor) her knees,
D 
Em 
on her knees a- crying, oh lord  (D major)  (E minor) 
She said take care of my child,
take care of my child
A 
E 
Take care of my child, mhm,  (A major)  (E major) yeah

Interlude 3
Em 
D 
Bm 
D 
E 
Em 
E 
D 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major) 
Em 
D 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
D 
Em 
G 
D 
G 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
Em 
D 
G 
D 
E 
Em 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E major)  (E minor) 
G 
 (G major) Lord,

Verse 5
D 
G 
D 
Em 
G 
D 
Em 
D 
 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) oh the hobo,  (D major) 
G 
D 
Em 
G 
 (G major)  (D major) mh (E minor) m    (G major) 
Em 
G 
Em 
When I saw  (E minor) the hobo,  (G major) hobo, hobo  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
G 
D 
 (G major) I took a freight  (E minor) train  (G major) to be my friend,  (D major) 
G 
D 
Em 
D 
Em 
be my  (G major) friend, oh lord  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
G 
D 
You know a hobo,  (G major)  (D major) hobo,
Em 
D 
Em 
G 
D 
 (E minor) hobo  (D major) a long  (E minor)  (G major) way  (D major) from home

Interlude 4

You know my mother

Verse 6
Em 
D 
 (E minor) followed  (D major) me that morning,
Em 
D 
me  (E minor) that morning boy  (D major) 
Em 
D 
Em 
D 
She  (E minor) followed me down  (D major) yonder,  (E minor) yeah  (D major) 
Em 
D 
She said  (E minor) my son he gone,  (D major) my son he
Em 
D 
Gone, he gone in the  (E minor) world  (D major) somewhere

Interlude 5
D 
G 
E 
D 
Bm 
E 
A 
Em 
D 
 (D major)  (G major)  (E major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
Em 
A 
D 
Em 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
E 
Em 
G 
Em 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
G 
D 
Em 
A 
G 
D 
Em 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
E 
Em 
E 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 7
E 
Em 
Left my  (E major) mother, my dear old mother  (E minor) 
D 
Em 
A 
D 
 (D major) I left her down  (E minor) on her knees  (A major) a- crying,  (D major) 
Em 
lord  (E minor) yeah
G 
Em 
She  (G major) said take  (E minor) care of my child,
G 
D 
G 
 (G major) she said take  (D major) care of my  (G major) child
D 
Em 
She said take  (D major) care of my  (E minor) child

Outro 1
Em 
D 
Em 
D 
G 
D 
Em 
E 
D 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major) 
E 
D 
E 
D 
E 
 (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major) 
Em 
E 
D 
E 
D 
E 
A 
D 
 (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
E 
D 
E 
D 
Em 
D 
Em 
D 
 (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
A 
E 
D 
Em 
 (A major)  (E major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
D 
 (D major) 