Only A Hobo chords by Rod Stewart
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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As I was out walking
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on the corner one day
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I spied an old hobo, in the doorway he lay
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His face was all covered in the
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cold sidewalk floor
I guess he'd been there for a
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whole night or more
Verse 2
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He was only a hobo,
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but one more is gone
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Leaving nobody to carry it on
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Leaving nobody to sing his sad song
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Only a hobo, but one more is gone
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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A blanket of newspaper covered his head
The step was his pillow
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The street was his bed
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One look at his face
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Showed the hard road he'd come
And a fistful of money
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Showed the coins that he'd bummed
Verse 4
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He was only a hobo,
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but one more is gone
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Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
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Leavin' nobody to carry it on
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Only a hobo, but one more is gone
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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Does it take much of a man
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To see a whole life go down
To look on the world
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From a hole in the ground
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Too late for your future
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Like a horse that's gone lame
To lie in the gutter
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And die with no name
Verse 6
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He was only a hobo,
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but one more is gone
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Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
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Leavin' nobody to carry it on
Only a hobo,
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but one more is gone
Outro 1
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Only A Hobo
Rod Stewart
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