Hobo Bill's Last Ride Chords by Merle Haggard The Strangers

[Start]

[Intro]
C F C           
■ ■ ■ Hobo BillY
F C G7 C
■ ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
                                       F                    C    
Riding on that eastbound freight train speeding through the night
F           C                D7               G7  
Hobo Bill a railroad bum was fighting for his life
C                                    F              C   
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul
F                    C             G7             C   
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the cold
     C   
Hobo Bill
                                      F                 C   
No warm lights flickered round him no blankets there to hold
F           C                        D7              G7  
Nothing but the howling wind and the driving rain so cold


[Chorus]
        C                            F              C  
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way
F               C                G                     C  
The hobo seemed contented for he smiled there where he lay
G7   C   
Hobo Bill


[Inst]
F C F C D7 G7 C G7
■ ■ ■ ■ ■  ■  ■ ■ 
C7 F C F C G7 C7 C
■  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■  ■  ■


[Verse]
                                     F             C   
Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door
        F              C             D     D7       G7   
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor
          C                                       F            C      
While the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside


[Chorus]
F                C             G7              C   
No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride
                                             C              
It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head
C                                                          
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead
G7                                                    
There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul
                  C                                    
For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold


[End]