{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2111735,"song":"Hobo Bills Last Ride","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2111735-hobo-bills-last-ride-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111735?type=chord","rating":4.56179,"votes":12,"content":"Hobo Bills Last Ride \r\nJimmy Rodgers, Merl Haggard, & Hank Snow\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRiding on an eastbound freight train Speeding through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHobo Bill, a railroad bum was fighting for his life.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRiding on an eastbound freight train.... Speeding through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHobo Bill, the railroad bum.... was fighting for his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the sadness of his eyes revealed... the torture of his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe raised a weak and weary hand... to brush away the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo warm lights flickered around him...no blankets there to fold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing but the howling wind ...and the driving rain so cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he heard a whistle blowing...in a dreamy kind of way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe hobo seemed contented for...he smiled there where he lay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA..Ho -oh oh bo-oh-oh Bill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRiding on an eastbound freight train Speeding through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHobo Bill, a railroad bum was fighting for his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOutside the rain was falling...on that lonely boxcar door[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the little form of Hobo Bill...lay still upon the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile the train sped through the darkness...and the raging storm outside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA..Ho -oh oh bo-oh-oh Bill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe smile still lingered on his face, but Hobo Bill was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA..Ho -oh oh bo-oh-oh Bill[/tab]","plain_text":"Hobo Bills Last Ride \nJimmy Rodgers, Merl Haggard, & Hank Snow\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","F","D7","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}