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Chords originally posted by Juergen Wuest (HiWi CEMP).
I just indicated the chords through the whole song and transposed it.

Album version:

G (320003@1)                       CI (x32010@1)was walking by the graveyard, late last Friday night,
  E (022100@1)                       AmI (x02210@1)heard somebody yelling, it sounded like a fight.
       F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)           FIt (133211@1)was just a drunken hobo dancing circles in the night,
        C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)             CPouring (x32010@1)whiskey on the headstones in the blue moonlight.
   F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)               AmSo (x02210@1)often have I wondered where these homeless brothers go,
D (xx0232@1)                                   GDown (320003@1)in some hidden valley were their sorrows cannot show,
          F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)           FWhere (133211@1)the police cannot find them, where the wanted men can go.
        C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)                        CThere's (x32010@1)freedom when your walking, even though you're walking slow.

F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.

G (320003@1)                         CIt's (x32010@1)hard to be a pack rat, it's hard to be a 'bo,
    E (022100@1)                              Ambut (x02210@1)living's so much harder where the heartless people go.
    F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)             FSomewhere (133211@1)the dogs are barking and the children seem to know
     C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)      CThat (x32010@1)Jesus on the highway was a lost hobo.
         F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            AmAnd (x02210@1)they hear the holy silence of the temples in the hill,
         D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)And they see the ragged tatters as another kind of thrill.
         F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)         FAnd (133211@1)they envy him the sunshine and they pity him the chill,
            C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)they're sad to do their living for some other kind of thrill.

F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.

G (320003@1)                        CSomewhere (x32010@1)there was a woman, somewhere there was a child,
E (022100@1)                                    AmSomewhere (x02210@1)there was a cottage where the marigolds grew wild.
    F (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)           FBut (133211@1)somewhere's just like nowhere when you leave it for a while,
       C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)                 F (133211@1)             CYou'll (x32010@1)find the broken-hearted when you're traveling jungle-style.
         F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)               AmDown (x02210@1)the bowels of a broken land where numbers live like men,
      D (xx0232@1)                                   GWhere (320003@1)those who keep their senses have them taken back again,
          F (133211@1)                    C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)        FWhere (133211@1)the nightstick cracks with crazy rage, where madmen don't pretend,
      C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)        CWhere (x32010@1)wealth has no beginning and poverty no end.

F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.

G (320003@1)                            CThe (x32010@1)ghosts of highway royalty have vanished in the night,
    E (022100@1)                              AmThe (x02210@1)Whitman wanderer walking toward a glowing inner light.
    F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)               FThe (133211@1)children have grown older and the cops have gripped us tight,
        C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)               CThere's (x32010@1)no spot round the melting pot for free men in their flight.
    F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)            AmAnd (x02210@1)you who leave on promises and prosper as you please,
    D (xx0232@1)                         GThe (320003@1)victim of your riches often dies of your disease,
         F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)                    FHe (133211@1)can't hear the factory whistle, just the lonesome freight train's whirs,
     C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)           CHe's (x32010@1)living on good fortune, he ain't dying on his knees.

F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.







+2 tones (sounds better to me)

A (x02220@1)                       DI (xx0232@1)was walking by the graveyard, late last Friday night,
  F# (244322@1)                       BmI (x24432@1)heard somebody yelling, it sounded like a fight.
       G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          Bm (x24432@1)           GIt (320003@1)was just a drunken hobo dancing circles in the night,
        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)             DPouring (xx0232@1)whiskey on the headstones in the blue moonlight.
   G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)               BmSo (x24432@1)often have I wondered where these homeless brothers go,
E (022100@1)                                   ADown (x02220@1)in some hidden valley were their sorrows cannot show,
          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)           GWhere (320003@1)the police cannot find them, where the wanted men can go.
        D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)                        DThere's (xx0232@1)freedom when your walking, even though you're walking slow.

G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.

A (x02220@1)                         DIt's (xx0232@1)hard to be a pack rat, it's hard to be a 'bo,
    F# (244322@1)                              Bmbut (x24432@1)living's so much harder where the heartless people go.
    G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)             Bm (x24432@1)             GSomewhere (320003@1)the dogs are barking and the children seem to know
     D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)      DThat (xx0232@1)Jesus on the highway was a lost hobo.
         G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)            BmAnd (x24432@1)they hear the holy silence of the temples in the hill,
         E (022100@1)                        A (x02220@1)And they see the ragged tatters as another kind of thrill.
         G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)              Bm (x24432@1)         GAnd (320003@1)they envy him the sunshine and they pity him the chill,
            D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)they're sad to do their living for some other kind of thrill.

G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.

A (x02220@1)                        DSomewhere (xx0232@1)there was a woman, somewhere there was a child,
F# (244322@1)                                    BmSomewhere (x24432@1)there was a cottage where the marigolds grew wild.
    G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Bm (x24432@1)           GBut (320003@1)somewhere's just like nowhere when you leave it for a while,
       D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)                 G (320003@1)             DYou'll (xx0232@1)find the broken-hearted when you're traveling jungle-style.
         G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)               BmDown (x24432@1)the bowels of a broken land where numbers live like men,
      E (022100@1)                                   AWhere (x02220@1)those who keep their senses have them taken back again,
          G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)        GWhere (320003@1)the nightstick cracks with crazy rage, where madmen don't pretend,
      D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)        DWhere (xx0232@1)wealth has no beginning and poverty no end.

G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.

A (x02220@1)                            DThe (xx0232@1)ghosts of highway royalty have vanished in the night,
    F# (244322@1)                              BmThe (x24432@1)Whitman wanderer walking toward a glowing inner light.
    G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)               GThe (320003@1)children have grown older and the cops have gripped us tight,
        D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)               DThere's (xx0232@1)no spot round the melting pot for free men in their flight.
    G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)            BmAnd (x24432@1)you who leave on promises and prosper as you please,
    E (022100@1)                         AThe (x02220@1)victim of your riches often dies of your disease,
         G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)                    GHe (320003@1)can't hear the factory whistle, just the lonesome freight train's whirs,
     D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)           DHe's (xx0232@1)living on good fortune, he ain't dying on his knees.

G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)  Smash your bottle on a gravestone and live while you can,
   E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  that homeless brother is my friend.

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