Chords with lyrics
C majorC G+G FF Fm6Fm6
There was a chill that night in the hobo jungle
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 EbM7Ebm7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Over the train yard lay a smooth coat of frost
C majorC G+G FF Fm6Fm6
And although nobody here really knows where they're goin'
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 FF G7G7 C majorC
At the very same time nobody's lost
C majorC G/C FF Fm6/Ab
Then the fire went out and the night grew still
A minorAm E minorEm E minor 7Em7 EbM7Ebm7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7
This old man lay frozen on the cold, cold ground
C majorC G/C FF Fm6/Ab
He was a stray bird and the road was his callin'
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
Ridin' the rods
G7G7 FF C majorC
Sleepin' under the stars
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 FF G7G7 C majorC
Playin' the odds from a rollin' box car
C majorC G/C FF Fm6/Ab
She attended the fun'ral in the hobo jungle
A minorAm E minorEm E minor 7Em7 EbM7Ebm7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Long were they lovers though never could they wed
C majorC G/C FF Fm6/Ab
Drifters and rounders and distant friends
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7
Here I lie without anger or regret
FF G7G7 C majorC
I'm in no one's debt
D MajorD A/D
Man goes nowhere
G+G Gm6/Bb
Ev'rything comes like tomorrow
B minorBm F# minorF#m F#m7F#m7 Fm7Fm7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7
But she took that last ride there by his side
D MajorD A/D G+G Gm6/Bb
He spent his whole life pursuing the horizon
B minorBm F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
Ridin' the rods
A7A7 G+G D MajorD
Sleepin' under the stars
B minorBm F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7 G+G A7A7 D MajorD