Chords for Red Sovine & Johnny Bond - The Gear Jammer And The Hobo

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_ [C] _ _ [F] The highways that wind and wander [Bb]
across this lonesome land [F] sure can get weary sometimes.
Especially when you get a flat on the old easel.
I [Bb] was barreling down old 77 one day and I just passed a hobo who had given me the thumb.
And I gave him the thumb [F] back and kept going.
And wouldn't you know it, about a quarter of a mile further I pulled up on the [C] shoulder
with a flat on the right rib.
[Bb] And as I stood there looking at it, shaking my head, uttering some [F] profane syllables,
[Bb] the hobo walked up and said to me,
[Fm] Have a flat?
No thanks, I got one.
It ain't too [F] bad, it's only flat on the bottom.
Oh brother, you could [Bb] tell this guy had been out of circulation for a long [F] time.
What you gonna do about it?
Well I was just gonna look for a man to help me fix it.
Good, I'll help you look for him.
[Bb] How about you?
Yeah, how about me?
Well I mean how about you giving me a hand?
Oh I'd like to help you old buddy, but I'm too light [F] for heavy work and too heavy for light work.
And too lazy.
Well that might fit in there someplace.
Well thanks a lot, I'll fix it [C] myself.
And I'll supervise the job.
[Bb] Say old buddy, how about giving me a dime for a piece of [F] cake?
Well if that don't [Bb] beat all.
And it's cake you [F] want.
Well today's my [C] birthday.
Alright, [F] help me fix this flat and I'll buy you a full dinner.
Okay, [Bb] you got a deal, but let me see the menu [F] first.
Look Buster, you know hard work won't kill you.
I don't know, I lost several wives that way.
Come on [Bb] now, you look strong enough to work.
And you look handsome enough to be a movie star, but I see you're pushing this old easel.
[F] Ah surely you must have done some work.
Oh yeah, I work now and then.
What do you do?
This and that.
Where [C] about?
Here and there.
I see.
Now when you gonna give me that dime?
[Bb]
Sooner or later.
You can kid me if you want [F] to.
But I'll tell you one [Bb] thing.
I wouldn't change [F] places with a guy that had a million bucks.
How about five million?
Not even five million.
How about ten million?
Not even, well now, that's different, you're talking [Bb] real dough.
Now look here, you no good [G] mangy, not neat, bowlegged, bald headed, two bed, old bald.
[F] Who are you calling bowlegged?
Now look, you're gonna [Bb] help me fix this flat or I'm gonna break your_
Careful chum, you'll bend the suit.
Now for the last time, are you or ain't you?
You get [F] so excited.
Okay, [G] I'll help you.
Let me take a look at that [F] tire.
Hmm, [C] just as I thought.
That ain't no blowout, just a slow [Bb] leak.
Hand me that tire pump.
And friends, [F] if I hadn't seen it with my own [C] eyes, I wouldn't have believed [F] it.
That tramp took that pump with one hand, mind you, pumped that big tire [Bb] full of air in.
No time.
Well, what do you know, no flat.
[F] Partner, I want to thank [G] you.
Hop in the cab and the [F] next stop we make, I'll buy you the biggest [Bb] steak and the best cake they've got in the house.
Sounds like a winner.
Just one [F] thing though, I noticed you [F] only used one hand on that tire pump, how come?
Oh, I don't know, except this arm's broke.
Broke?
Just a [C] little bit.
Oh, I'm sorry old buddy, how did it happen?
[Bb] Well, it was like this, I got a hold of this copy of the [F] Playboy magazine.
Yeah.
And I [Bb] thought it was a Sears and Roebuck catalog.
[F] Go on.
And I broke my arm [C] filling out order blanks.
Oh no, [F] come on, let's hit the road.
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