Only A Hobo chords by Rod Stewart

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
As  (G major) I  was out walking
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G 
on the  (C major) corner one day  (G major) 
D 
I spied an old hobo, in the door (D major) way he lay
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His  (G major) face was all covered in the
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G 
cold  (C major) sidewalk  (G major) floor
I guess he'd been there for a
D 
G 
whole  (D major) night or more  (G major) 

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Verse 2

He was only a hobo,

but one more is gone

Leaving nobody to carry it on

Leaving nobody to sing his sad song

Only a hobo, but one more is gone

Interlude 1

Verse 3
G 
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G 
A blanket of newspaper  (G major) covered  (C major) his  (G major) head
The step was his pillow
D 
The street  (D major) was his bed
G 
One  (G major) look at his face
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G 
Showed the hard  (C major) road he'd come  (G major) 
And a fistful of money
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G 
Showed the  (D major) coins that he'd  (G major) bummed

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) 
C 
He was  (C major) only a hobo,
G 
but  (G major) one more is gone
D 
Leavin' nobody to sing  (D major) his sad song
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G 
 (C major) Leavin' nobody to carry  (G major) it on
C 
Only a hobo, but one  (C major) more is gone

Interlude 2

Verse 5
G 
Does it  (G major) take much of a man
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G 
To see a  (C major) whole life go  (G major) down
To look on the world
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From a hole  (D major) in the ground
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Too  (G major) late for your future
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G 
Like a  (C major) horse that's gone  (G major) lame
To lie in the gutter
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G 
And die  (D major) with no  (G major) name

Verse 6
G 
 (G major) 
C 
He was  (C major) only a hobo,
G 
but  (G major) one more is gone
D 
Leavin' nobody to sing  (D major) his sad song
C 
G 
 (C major) Leavin' nobody to carry  (G major) it on
Only a hobo,
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G 
but  (C major) one more is  (G major) gone