Tom: C
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
