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[Verse]
A                    Am                D     A
When I first started hoboin', hoboin', boy
D7        A
I took a freight train to be my friend, oh Lord
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[Verse]
A                          C
You know I hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd
A         F7        A
Hobo'd a long, long way from home, oh yeah
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A7 A
Yes I did.
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[Verse]
A      Am
I left home that morning.
A
My mother followed me down to the
A
Freight train yard, oh Lord
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A7 C A7 A
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[Bridge]
Am
She said my son he's gone,
A
Lord take care of my child
D     A                    A7
Lord, lord he’s trying
A        F    A
You know he’s trying
A             D7
You know he’s trying
A
Take care of my child
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[Outro]
A           Am              A7
Next time I start to hobo,
A7    A
Gonna have my baby by my side
A
Ain’t nobody like you
A
I’m gonna be so alone.
A
And my days won’t be so long.
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