Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son chords by Tom Russell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Out on the freight line
G 
D 
there's an  (G major) old hobo camp  (D major) 
Where a drunk man lay sleepin'
A 
in a ragged old tram  (A major) 
D 
And the  (D major) lines on his face
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D 
mark a  (G major) life on the run  (D major) 
Is he somebody's husband,
A 
D 
somebody's  (A major)  (D major) son?

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Verse 2
D 
 (D major) 
Well every week the newspaper
G 
D 
tells a story  (G major) of rage  (D major) 
Where the victims lay scattered
A 
across the front page  (A major) 
D 
And there's  (D major) always some loner,
G 
D 
on a spree  (G major) with a gun (D major) 
Is he somebody's husband,
A 
somebody's  (A major) son?
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 3
G 
From the  (G major) death rows of prison
D 
to the soup  (D major) kitchen door
Each soul is an equal in the
A 
eyes of the  (A major) Lord
D 
Though  (D major) hatred consumes them,
G 
D 
once  (G major) they were loved  (D major) 
They were somebody's husband,
A 
D 
somebody's  (A major)  (D major) son

Interlude 1

Verse 4
D 
So  (D major) out on your journey down
G 
D 
the highways  (G major) of life  (D major) 
Cherish your mother,
A 
crave the love of your wife  (A major) 
D 
And for (D major) get not the outcast and the
G 
D 
 (G major) homeless were  (D major) once
Somebody's husband,
A 
 (A major) somebody's son
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 5
G 
From the death  (G major) rows of prison
D 
to the  (D major) soup kitchen door
Each soul is an equal in the
A 
eyes of the  (A major) Lord.
D 
Though  (D major) hatred consumes them,
G 
D 
 (G major) once they were loved  (D major) 
They were somebody's husband,
A 
D 
somebody's  (A major)  (D major) son