Chords for Townes Van Zandt - Hobo Bill

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[A] Well, _ _ [D] _ _ _
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[Gm] riding on an [D] eastbound freight [F#m] train, [G] _
speeding [D] through the night,
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[G] a hobo [D] bill, a railroad mom, [E] was fighting for his life.
_ [A] No warm lights [D] flickered around [F#m] him, [G] no blankets [D] there to fold,
_ [G] nothing but [D] the howling [A] wind and the driving [D] rain so cold. _ _
_ _ Well, his hobo [A] _ _ _ _ [D] bill, _ _ _ the _ sadness of his eyes revealed [G] the torture of [D] his soul.
[G] He raised a [D] weak and weary hand [E] to brush [A] away the cold.
_ When he [Gm] heard a [D] whistle blowin' [G] in a dreamy [D] kind of way,
[B] _ [G] the hobo [D] seemed contented [A] and he smiled there where [D] he lay. _
_ _ _ Fearless _
[A] _ _ hobo, [D] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ well, that [Gm] train sped through [D] the darkness and [G] the driving rain [D] outside,
_ [G] and no one [E] knew [D] that hobo bill [E] was taking [A] his last drive.
[D] Outside the rain was falling [G] on that lonesome [D] boxcar door,
[B] [G] and the little [D] form of hobo bill [A] lay still upon [D] the floor. _
_ _ _ Fearless _ [A] hobo, _ _ [D] _
billy.
_ _ [A] _ Well, it was [G] early [D] in the morning [G] when he raised the [D] hobo's head,
_ [G] the smile [E] still [D] lingered on his [E] face, but hobo [A] bill was dead.
And there [G] was no [D] mother's longing to [G] brush away [D] his soul.
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He was just [D] a railroad [B] bum that died [A] out [D] in the cold. _
_ _ _ Fearless _
_ [A] hobo, _ [D] well, _ _ _ _ that train [A] sped through the darkness and the driving rain outside,
and no one knew that hobo [D] bill was taking his last drive. _ _ _ _ _
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