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			 The Hobo Song - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com

Tuning: Standard (CAPO 2nd Fret)

Artist: John Prine
Album: Bruised Orange
Year: 1978



Intro:
D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)
            D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)              DThere (xx0232@1)was a time, when lonely men would wander;
             A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)Through this land, rolling endlessly along.
        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)                DSo (xx0232@1)many times, I've heard of their sad stories;
D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)                 DWritten (xx0232@1)in the words of dead men's songs.


                 D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)                  DDown (xx0232@1)through the years, many men have yearned for freedom.
     A (x02220@1)                       DSome (xx0232@1)found it only on the open road.
        D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)                DSo (xx0232@1)many tears of blood have filled around them;
                       A (x02220@1)             D'Cause (xx0232@1)you can't alway do what you are told.



Chorus:
               D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)           DPlease (xx0232@1)tell me where, have all the hobos gone to.
   A (x02220@1)                             D (xx0232@1)            AI (x02220@1)see no light burning down by the rusty railroad tracks.
         D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)               DCould (xx0232@1)it be, that time has gone and left them,
                   A (x02220@1)               DTied (xx0232@1)up in life's eternal travelling sack.



(Repeat Intro)



     D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                  DLast (xx0232@1)Sunday night, I wrote a letter to my loved one.
            A (x02220@1)                           DI (xx0232@1)signed my name and knew I'd stayed away too long.
            D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)               DThere (xx0232@1)was a time when my heart was free to wander.
                  A (x02220@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)I remember as I sing this hobo song.



(Repeat Chorus)