songbook/songs/john_denver/last_hobo.sgc

{language: english}
{columns: 2}
{title: The last hobo}
{artist: Denver}
{album: All aboard!}


  {cover: all-aboard}
  {capo: 2}
  \gtab{D}{XX0232}
  \gtab{G}{320003}
  \gtab{A}{X02220}

  
    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
  

  \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}

  {start_of_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_of_chorus}

  \begin{repeatedchords}
    
      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
    

    \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}
    
      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
    

    \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}