Hobo Cartoon chords by Sturgill Simpson

Intro:
D/A

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

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

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

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

Instrumental:
G    D/A  A

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

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