Hobo Bills Last Ride ukulele

Hobo Bills Last Ride

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Jimmy Rodgers, Merl Haggard, & Hank Snow 
 
 
INTRO : PLAY INSTRUMENTALLY  
 
(C) Riding on an (F) eastbound (C) freight train (F) Speeding through the (C) night 
 
(F) Hobo Bill, a (C) railroad bum was (D7) fighting for his (G) life. 
 
 
VERSE ONE /VOCALS 
 
(C) Riding on an (F) eastbound (C) freight train....(F) Speeding through the (C) night 
 
(F) Hobo Bill, the (C) railroad bum.... was (D7) fighting for his (G) life 
 
And the (C) sadness (F) of his (C) eyes revealed... the (F) torture of his (C) soul 
 
He (F) raised a weak and (C) weary hand... to (G) brush away the (C) cold 
 
 
VERSE TWO /VOCALS 
 
No (C) warm lights (F) flickered (C) around him...no (F) blankets there to (C) fold 
 
(F) Nothing but the (C) howling wind ...and the (D7) driving rain so (G) cold 
 
(C) When he (F) heard a (C) whistle blowing...in a  (F) dreamy kind of (C) way 
 
The (F) hobo seemed (C) contented for...he (G) smiled there where he (C) lay 
 
TAGG 
(C) A..Ho -oh oh (G) bo-oh-oh (C) Bill 
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL : PLAY  VERSE  ONE  BELOW IN  FULL 
VS1 
(C) Riding on an (F) eastbound (C) freight train (F) Speeding through the (C) night 
 
(F) Hobo Bill, a (C) railroad bum was (D7) fighting for his (G) life 
 
The (C) sadness (F) of his (C) eyes revealed the (F) torture of his (C) soul 
 
He (F) raised a weak and (C) weary hand to (G) brush away the (C) cold 
 
 
VERSE THREE 
 
(C) Outside the (F) rain was (C) falling...on that (F) lonely boxcar (C) door 
 
But the (F) little form of (C) Hobo Bill...lay (D7) still upon the (G) floor 
 
While the(C) train sped(F) through the(C)darkness...and the(F) raging storm(C)outside 
 
(F) No one knew that (C) Hobo Bill was (G) taking his last (C) ride 
 
 
TAGG 
(C) A..Ho -oh oh (G) bo-oh-oh (C) Bill 
 
 
 
 
NOTE: 
ADDED VERSE ON SOME RECORDINGS 
It was (C) early (F) in the (C) morning when they (F) raised the hobo's (C) head 
The (F) smile still lingered (C) on his face, but (D7) Hobo Bill was (G) dead 
There (C) was no (F) mother's (C) longing to (F) soothe his weary (C) soul 
For (F)  he was just a (C) railroad bum who (G) died out in the (C) cold 
TAGG 
(C) A..Ho -oh oh (G) bo-oh-oh (C) Bill 
 
** original tab by Gray Fishell , reformatted for band play by Nemo  

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