The Hobo Song chords by Johnny Cash

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

| D | G  | D | D |
| A | A7 | D |



🎸 Verse 1:
D                       G                D       D
 There was a time, when lonely men would wander
A                          A7         D
Through this land, rolling aimlessly along
A        D           G                  D        D
 So many times
I've heard of their sad stories
A              A7                  D
Written in the words of dead men's songs

🎸 Verse 2:
D                             G                    D
 Down through the years, many men have yearned for freedom
     A             A7          D
Some found it only on the open road
A        D        G                D
 So many tears of blood have fell around us
       A                A7               D
'Cause you can't always do what you were told

🎸 Chorus:
D                           G             D
 Please tell me where, have all the hobos gone to
  A           A7                   D              A
I see no fire burning, down by the rusty railroad tracks
         D        G                 D
Could it be, that time has gone and left them?
     A             A7               D     D
Tied up in life's eternal travelin' sack

Parlando:
D                     G                    D
 Last Sunday night
I wrote a letter to my loved one
D                 A                           A7           D
 I signed my name and I knew that I'd stayed away, way too long
A                      D                    G
 There was a time when my heart was free to wander
D                     A         A7         D
 And I remember; as I sing this hobo song
(parlando through the pattern of the chorus, sung by backing vocals)

🎸 Chorus:
D                           G             D
 Please tell me where, have all the hobos gone to
  A           A7                   D              A
I see no fire burning, down by the rusty railroad tracks
         D        G                 D
Could it be, that time has gone and left them
     A             A7               D
Tied up in life's eternal travelin' sack

🎸 Chorus:
D                           G             D
 Please tell me where, have all the hobos gone to
  A           A7                   D              A
I see no fire burning, down by the rusty railroad tracks
         D        G                 D
Could it be, that time has gone and left them
     A             A7               D
Tied up in life's eternal travelin' sack