riff G:                riff C:                riff A:
E-----------------     E-----------------     E-----------------
B-----------------     B-------1---------     B-----------------
G-------0---------     G-----0---0-2/3---     G-------2---------
D-----0---0-2/3---     D-----------------     D-----2---2-4/5---
A-----------------     A-3---------------     A-0---------------
E-3---------------     E-----------------     E-----------------

 riff D:
E---------------------------------
B-------3---------------3---------
G-----2---2-4/5-------2---2-4\0---
D-0---------------0---------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------


Play corresponding riff where you see the letter (stands for chord)


G
I jumped off a boxcar down around Tennessee
I was cold tired and dirty hungry as I could be
C
But I had my guitar and a hundred railroad songs
G
So I asked the policeman
Can I stay here long, he said
A         C
Mr. Hobo  you got to go now
D
We don't want you around
C
See I'm trying to build a respectable town
And we don't need a hobo like you around


So I left that town, Lord with my guitar in my hand
Still cold and tired, kinda mad at the man
But this life that I chose to live, sometime's strange
See I'm trying to learn about the old music from ridin' the train
I'm a hobo I know, but thta's the price I pay
Guess I'll write me another song while I'm on my way
Catch me another train and this is what I'll say
Mr Choo-choo train take me away

I'm goin' to ride this train Lord until I find out
What Jimmie Rogers and the Hag was all about
See I play this rock n roll and I think that's fine
But I wnta to go back a little further in time
I'm a hobo I know but that's the price I pay
Guess I'll write me another song while I'm on my way
Catch me another train and this is what I'll say
Mr Choo-choo train take me away


Sometimes two guitars play this with minor adjustments during the C part,
  though I arranged it for one: (2x)

E-15--------------||--15----15-----15----------15--------------------||   -------13-
B-15b17-b17r15-13-||-b17-15b17-----17r15-13-b17--r15-13----13-15-13--||   ----------
G-----------------||o-----------------------------------------------o||   -13b14----
D-----------------||o-----------------------------------------------o||   ----------
A-----------------||-------------------------------------------------||   ----------
E-----------------||-------------------------------------------------||   ----------
                     ;  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .  ;  .  ,  .  ,  .  ,  .


 The last time you play that riff, play this after it:

E---15b17--15----------------------------------
B----------------15b17--15---------------------
G-----------------------------14b16r14p12------
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------


 Then play riff G, continually slowing down until the end.
  I'm thinking of adding the harmonica parts sometime soon.


send comments, questions, to

Peter House
rockhouse67@hotmail.com


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