Hobo Bills Last Ride chords by Jimmie Rodgers

Chords with lyrics

[VERSE 1
C majorC  G+G  C majorC
Ho-o-bo-o Billy.
       FF     C majorC       FF          C majorC
Riding on the eastbound freight train, speeding through the night,
FF      C majorC         D7D7        G+G
Hobo Bill, a railroad bum, was fighting for his life.
C majorC   FF    C majorC           FF       C majorC
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul.
  FF         C majorC       G+G       C majorC
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the coal.


VERSE 2:
C majorC  G+G  C majorC
Ho-o-bo-o Billy.
        FF     C majorC       FF         C majorC
No warm lights flickered around him, no blankets there to fold,
FF        C majorC        D7D7         G+G
Nothing but the howling wind and the driving rain so cold.
C majorC    FF    C majorC          FF       C majorC
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way,
  FF      C majorC         G+G           C majorC
The hobo seemed contented, for he smiled there where he lay.

VERSE 3:
C majorC  G+G  C majorC
Ho-o-bo-o Billy.
      FF    C majorC        FF       C majorC
Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door,
    FF       C majorC       D7D7       G+G
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor.
C majorC     FF     C majorC              FF        C majorC
While the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside,
FF        C majorC       G+G        C majorC
No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride.


WHISTLE SOUNDS:
C majorC G+G C majorC

VERSE 4:
C majorC  G+G  C majorC
Ho-o-bo-o Billy.
       FF   C majorC         FF         C majorC
It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo’s head.
  FF          C majorC        D7D7      G+G
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead.
C majorC     FF  C majorC         FF        C majorC
There was no mother’s longing to soothe his weary soul,
  FF       C majorC        G+G        C majorC