The Hobo Song chords by Johnny Cash

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

| D | G | D | D |
| A | A7 | D |



🎸 Verse 1:
D            G        D    D
 There was a time, when lonely men would wander
A             A7     D
Through this land, rolling aimlessly along
A    D      G         D    D
 So many times
I've heard of their sad stories
A       A7         D
Written in the words of dead men's songs

🎸 Verse 2:
D               G          D
 Down through the years, many men have yearned for freedom
   A       A7     D
Some found it only on the open road
A    D    G        D
 So many tears of blood have fell around us
    A        A7        D
'Cause you can't always do what you were told

🎸 Chorus:
D              G       D
 Please tell me where, have all the hobos gone to
 A      A7          D       A
I see no fire burning, down by the rusty railroad tracks
     D    G         D
Could it be, that time has gone and left them?
   A       A7        D   D
Tied up in life's eternal travelin' sack

Parlando:
D           G          D
 Last Sunday night
I wrote a letter to my loved one
D         A              A7      D
 I signed my name and I knew that I'd stayed away, way too long
A           D          G
 There was a time when my heart was free to wander
D           A     A7     D
 And I remember; as I sing this hobo song
(parlando through the pattern of the chorus, sung by backing vocals)

🎸 Chorus:
D              G       D
 Please tell me where, have all the hobos gone to
 A      A7          D       A
I see no fire burning, down by the rusty railroad tracks
     D    G         D
Could it be, that time has gone and left them
   A       A7        D
Tied up in life's eternal travelin' sack

🎸 Chorus:
D              G       D
 Please tell me where, have all the hobos gone to
 A      A7          D       A
I see no fire burning, down by the rusty railroad tracks
     D    G         D
Could it be, that time has gone and left them
   A       A7        D
Tied up in life's eternal travelin' sack