Hobo Cartoon chords by Sturgill Simpson

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D/AD/A

Verse:
D/AD/A                             G+G
Wish I was riding the steam train, right out of the pages of time
A augmentedA                           D/AD/A
Down through the ol’ Roaring Twenties, to the fall of 1929
D/AD/A                             G+G
Back in heyday of railroads, before airplanes fluttered and flew
A augmentedA                            D MajorD
Color me in like a cartoon hobo doing what bums used to do

Chorus:
G+G
Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers
D MajorD            G+G
Hearing ol’ Bing Crosby croon
D/AD/A
This is a song of how things used to be
   A augmentedA          D/AD/A
And a script of a hobo cartoon

Verse:
D/AD/A                           G+G
Show me hopping a freight train, somewhere south of the yard
A augmentedA                       D/AD/A
Make it a Santa Fe boxcar, paint all rusty and hard
D/AD/A                                G+G
Sketch out an old hobo jungle, make the old days come alive on the page
A augmentedA                               D MajorD
Build a rough shack, down by thе track, weather it heavy with agе

Chorus:
G+G
Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers
D MajorD            G+G
Hearing ol’ Bing Crosby croon
D/AD/A
This is a song of how things used to be
   A augmentedA          D MajorD
And a script of a hobo cartoon

Instrumental:
G+G  D/AD/A A augmentedA

Bridge:
  D MajorD                              G+G
Sometimes things are great to remember, some are too good to forget
A augmentedA                                D MajorD
Things back then were so different, some things we think of them yet

Chorus:
G+G
Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers
D MajorD            G+G
Hearing ol’ Bing Crosby croon
D/AD/A
This is a song of how things used to be
   A augmentedA          D/AD/A
And a script of a hobo cartoon