Lonesome Hobo chords by 
Boxcar Willie 
N/A•
Key: A major•
Verse 1
A
I'm gonna do you a little medley
of a Hank Williams song.
If you hear one you like,
D
A
D
you tell me about it, okay?
I tried so hard, my dear, to show
A
That you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do
D
It's just some evil scheme
The more I learn to care for you
G
The more we drift apart
A
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
D
And melt your cold, cold heart
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Em
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D
Yeah!
Take these chains from my heart
A
and set me free
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D
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
A
D
Well then if you no longer care
G
D
All the love that's beating there
E
A
Take these chains from my heart
D
A
And set me free
D
I bet you remember this one
If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me
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half as much as you do
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I know that I would never be this blue
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If you only loved me
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A
D
half as much as I love you
A
Today I passed you on the street
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D
And my heart fell at your feet
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I can't help it if I'm still in
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love with you
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D
Somebody else stood by your side
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D
G
And he looked so satis_ fied
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I can't help it if I'm still
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A
in love with you
D
Now everybody knows this,
you're cheatin' hard,
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D
G
but if you weep
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D
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the
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whole night through
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You're cheatin' hard,
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G
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D
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B
we'll tell on you
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B
E
The news is out, all over town
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E
That you've been seen
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E
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the runnin' round
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I know that I should leave,
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E
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then I just can't go be
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E
with again
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Here's my favorite,
F#m
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ladies and gentlemen
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E
I have the invita_ tion that you sen_ t me
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E
B
You wanted me to see you
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A
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B
E
B
change your name
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B
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I we could sing Hank's songs all night,
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E
but we don't have time
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to do them all.
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B
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I've had the pleasure of playing in 41 coun_ tries around the world,
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E
ladies and gentlemen, and I've never been anywhere yet,
no matter what language
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they spoke
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E
Somebody didn't know
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E
this next song of Hank Williams
Here's the song that made
his name famous
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E
B
E
B
F#m
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all around our world
I got a feelin' cold and blue
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E
A
B
Oh Lord, since my baby said good_ bye
Lord, I don't know what I'll do
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B
All I do is sit and sigh and sigh,
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oh Lord, that
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Last Monday she said goodbye
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C#
Well, Lord, I told her good_ bye
F#
She'll do me, she'll do you,
she got the kind of lovin'
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Lord, I loved her hair
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E
when she called me sweet daddy
B
Such a beautiful dream
I hate to think it all over
I lost my heart,
G#
A
it seem_ s I've grown so used to you somehow
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B
C#
But I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
F#
F#m
And I'm low on some
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E
I got the lovesick blues
B
E
Well, we couldn't quit a
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-singin' Hank Williams songs
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B
un_ less we did the first one
E
that he ever put on record.
Do y know what the first song
he ever put out was?
Goes like this.
Came in last night at half past ten
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E
That baby of mine,
she wouldn't let me in
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E
So move it on over, shove it on over
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B
Move over big dog,
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cause I need it all moving in_
Well she warned me once
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E
and she warned me twice
But I don't take no one's advice
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So move it on, move it on over
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A
Cold it on over, cold it on over
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Move over knee -long,
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cause the feet don't move any
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Move over hot -dog,
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D
cause the cold don't move any_
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A
This is for you, Miss Dankler.
From the great Atlantic Ocean
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to the wide Pacific Shore
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To the queen of flowing mountain
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by the South Mill by the shore
In a mighty rush of the Indian canine
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loathsome ho -ho's claw
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No changes can be taken
A
on the Wabash Cannon_ ball, yeah
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Harden Powell in his big electric
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A
D
E
A
Hawaii_ an steel guitar
She rolled into Birmingham
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on no December day
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As you pulled into the station,
you could hear all the people say
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There's a gal out there from Florida,
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she's long and she's tall
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She's a combination of the
A
Wabash Cannon_ ball
and the Roll
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Chuck Jennings and his custom
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A
D
E
A
Fender guitar
Here's to daddy Travis
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May's name forever stand
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Al_ ways be remembered
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throughout this great land
His earthly race is over
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and we're back to a draw
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Gonna carry him up to heaven
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on the Wabash Cannon_ ball
Everybody!
Well, listen to the jingle, the rumble,
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and the roar
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As he glides along the world
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and by the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engines,
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and I love some hobo squawk.
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No changes can be taken
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on the Wabash Cannon_ ball.
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We're rollin' right to Dixie
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on the Wabash Cannon_ ball.
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A
God love you ladies and gentlemen!
A
A special thanks to Mr. Foxcar Willie,
And here also from Nashville, Tennessee,
the unique talent of the Marlins.
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What is the original key of Lonesome Hobo?
The original key of Lonesome Hobo by Boxcar Willie is A major.
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