The Carter Family

The Western Hobo(Chords)

The Carter Family

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	        G                                         C                     G 
    The wild and reckless hobo who left his happy home, 
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    started upon a western trip all by himself alone. 
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    Upon this western trip we?re going to have lots of fun, 
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    but upon this western trip this is the song he sung. 

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         G                                       C                         G 
    I stepped upon a platform smoking a cheap cigar, 
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    waiting to catch a freight train to catch an empty car. 
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    I buttoned my coat up closely and walked on down the track, 
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    I caught the steps of a sleeper car, I never did look back. 

            G                                       C                         G 
    My pocket book is empty, my heart is filled with pain, 
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    ten thousand miles away from home hoboing an old freight train.
	        

Written by A.P. Carter

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