Hobo Boy chords by Gene Davis

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Verse 1
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I made up my mind to see the world
D 
Home didn't mean a lot
I knew all the answers
I wouldn't listen to my mom and pop
G 
So I hopped a freight that
was pulling out
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Climbed in through the boxcar door
G 
Over in the corner, starin' at me
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D 
Sat a hobo on the boxcar
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floor
He said, how far are you goin', boy?
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Bb 
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I said, I'm just leavin' this town
He said, you better think it over
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Eb 
Ab 
G 
While you still have time to turn around
A 
G# 
You gotta have a reason for bummin'
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D 
You gotta like bein' what we are
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Forget all the folks you knew back home
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Cause your only friend will
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Eb 
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F 
be a star
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Swing down from the boxcar
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Careful, watch your step
It's bad enough being hungry,
Ab 
But you don't want to break your neck
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A 
D 
A 
Hit the ground a -runnin'
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D 
If  you fall, make sure you roll
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D 
There's a lot of hard knocks
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in a hobo's life
It's lonely, brainless,
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E 
and cold
A 
The first time you ask for a handout,
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E 
boy, you have to throw away your cry,
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G 
then be fore too long
B 
you'll discover
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A 
you have none left to hide.
You stop caring about the way you look,
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D 
you lose all track of time.
You just keep bummin',
A 
walkin' and thumbin'
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D 
A 
on every highway and railroad line.
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Standing here in this boxcar door,
E 
I see the lights of a town ahead.
The same town I left this morning,
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A 
tonight I'll sleep in my bed.
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A 
Mom will have the porch light burnin' and
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D 
supper waitin' when I walk in
I'm gonna tell them I'm sorry
for the things I've done