Hobos Lullaby chords by Arlo Guthrie

Chords with lyrics

Hobo's Lullaby chords
Arlo Guthrie (Goebel Reeves) to the tune of Just Before The Battle Mother by George
F. Root 1862

Capo I *

G+G C majorC 2x

G+G           C majorC
Go to sleep you weary hobo
D MajorD             G+G
Let the towns drift slowly by
G+G               C majorC
Can't you hear the steel rail humming
D MajorD          G+G
That's a hobo's lullaby

G+G          C majorC
Do not think about tomorrow
D MajorD           G+G
Let tomorrow come and go
 G+G              C majorC
Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar
D MajorD             G+G
Safe from all the wind and snow

G+G              C majorC
I know the police cause you trouble
D MajorD            G+G
They cause trouble everywhere
G+G             C majorC
But when you die and go to heaven
D MajorD              G+G
You won't find no policemen there

G+G                C majorC
I know your clothes are torn and ragged
D MajorD            G+G
And your hair is turning grey
G+G              C majorC
Lift your head and smile at trouble
D MajorD             G+G
You'll find happiness some day

G+G            C majorC
So go to sleep you weary hobo
D MajorD             G+G
Let the towns drift slowly by
G+G               C majorC
Don't you feel the steel rail humming
D MajorD          G+G
That's a hobo's lullaby

* Alternate:

Capo IV

G+G = E MajorE
C majorC = A augmentedA
D MajorD = BB

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