songbook/songs/john_denver/last_hobo.sg

\selectlanguage{english}
\songcolumns{2}
\beginsong{The last hobo}
  [by={John Denver},cover={all-aboard},album={All aboard!}]

  \cover
  \capo{2}
  \gtab{D}{XX0232}
  \gtab{G}{320003}
  \gtab{A}{X02220}

  \begin{verse}
    He was \[D]born in International Falls
    A \[G]long, long time ago
    He \[A]moved to Tucumcari
    When the \[G]ironwork got \[D]slow
  \end{verse}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{verse*}
      He was \[D]cornbread and hard scrabble
      And \[G]scratching for every dime
      'til he \[A]threw it in and he hit the road
      To \[G]walk that endless \[D]line
    \end{verse*}
  \end{repeatedchords}

  \begin{chorus}
    Now he's the \[A]last hobo
    Riding the \[D]last boxcar
    On the \[A]last freight train
    Leaving \[D]here
    \rep{2}
  \end{chorus}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{verse}
      He \[D]tried his hands at lots of jobs
      And he \[G]did them all with pride
      From \[A]shoeing mules to driving trucks
      He \[G]mastered what he \[D]tried
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse*}
      It \[D]must have been Ramona
      She was \[G]all he cared about
      When she \[A]ran away and left him
      You could \[G]see the fire go \[D]out
    \end{verse*}
  \end{repeatedchords}

  \begin{bridge}
    We \[G]hardly ever see him
    Once or twice and he would stay a day or \[D]two
    He'd \[G]ask about Ramona
    Then he'd say that he was only passing \[A]through
  \end{bridge}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    \begin{verse}
      Now \[D]he knows every railroad bull
      A\[G]long the right of way
      And \[A]every hobo jungle
      From \[G]New York to Santa \[D]Fe
    \end{verse}

    \begin{verse*}
      He's \[D]looked for his Ramona
      On the \[G]far side of the hill
      Now his \[A]sun is sinking lower
      And he's \[G]looking for her \[D]still
    \end{verse*}
  \end{repeatedchords}

\endsong