Billy Strings - The Hobo Song

Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro Rhythm]

e |———0-0—–0-1-0-3|———-0-0—–0–0–|–0-3p0—-1———–0|-3———————–|
B |———0-1—–1-1-1-3|———-0-1—–1–1–|–1—-1—1-1—1—–1|-3———————–|
G |———0-0—–2-2-2-0|———-0-0—–0–0–|–2—–2–2-0h2-0-0h2-2|-0———————–|
D |———2-2—–2-3-2-0|———-2-2-0h2-2–2–|–2——3-3——-0h2-2|-0———————–|
A |———2-3-2-0—3—2|———-2-3——3-3-2|-0———————-|-2———————–|
E |-3-2-1-0-0-3–3—-1—3|3-3-2-1-0-0————-|3———-1————|-3———————–|

[Verse 1]
G Em
Too late to feel sorrow
C Am
Too late to feel pain
F Am
He’s just an old hobo
G
Asleep out in the rain

[Verse 2]
G Em
He’ll never cause trouble
C Am
Don’t have no fear
F Am
He’s just an old hobo
G
And he’ll soon be far away from here

[Chorus]
B7 C C7
He used to be a gambling man just like you
G D C
Until he sank so low there was nothing no one could do
B7 C C7
He used to be a gambling man just like you
G D C
Until he sank so low there was nothing no one could do

[Break 1]

(Mandolin Break leads into Guitar Break)

G Em C Am F Am G G Em C Am F Am G

e |———————-7-|9b-9b7-7-0-0—8–8–8–|8-8—–8—8—8—8—|0-2-3-0—0————–|
B |——————-7-7–|——9———-8–8–8|——11–11–11–11—-|——-3p0-3-0—0——-|
G |————–4-6/8—–|——–9—8/9-9–9–9-|-9-9-9—9—9—9——|————–2/3-2p0—-|
D |———–4-6———-|————————|————————|———————2p0-|
A |–0-1-2-4/6————-|————————|————————|————————-|
E |-3———————-|————————|————————|————————-|

e |————————|————————|————————|————————-|
B |————————|————————|————————|————————-|
G |——2—————-0|–0—–0–0————|—0——-2–2–2–2–2|–2———————-|
D |-2-3-4-4-3-2-0—0—-2-|-2—–0–0———-0–|2p0——-1–1–1–1–1-|-1———————–|
A |————–2-0–2-3–|3–3–2–2–0—0-1/2—|—–0-1-2—–2—–2–|—2-0-2-3——-0-1-2-3-|
E |————————|————-2-3——–|—-3——-2—–2—–|2—3—–0-1-2-3——–|

e |—————–3–6-6-|-0-2-3-0—0————|————————|————————-|
B |———0-1-3/5–5-5-5-|——–3p0-3-0———|————————|-1p0-1-0—0————-|
G |——0-2—————|—————3-2-0—-|0——-2—————|0—2—2-0-2-0———-|
D |-0-1-2——————|———————2p0|-0-2-3-4-4-3-2-0—0-0h2|—————2-0——-|
A |————————|————————|—————-2p0—–|——————1/2—-|
E |————————|————————|————————|———————3—|

[Verse 3]
G Em
Oh, don’t make him ask you
C Am
Oh, don’t make him beg
F Am
He was a war hero
G
And that’s how he hurt his leg

[Verse 4]
G Em
He killed thirty indians
C Am
With one cannonball
F Am
He’s just an old hobo
G
Asleep out in the hall

[Chorus]
B7 C C7
He used to be a gambling man just like you
G D C
Until he sank so low there was nothing no one could do
B7 C C7
He used to be a gambling man just like you
G D C
Until he sank so low there was nothing no one could do

[Break 2]

e |———-0-0-3-0-2-0—|0—————0-3p0-0-|0—-0—0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-0—0——————|
B |———————3p0|-3-0————1—–1-|1—-1—1-1————|—3p0-3-0—————|
G |——–2/————–|—-32-0——-2—–2-|2-0h2-0h2–2————|———-3/2-0—0——|
D |————————|———2~—–2—–2-|3———-2————|—————2p0-2-0—|
A |————————|———–3-2-0——–|————————|———————-2–|
E |-3-2-1-0—————-|————–3———|————————|———————–3-|

e |——————0-0-0-|0-0———0-3-0-2-0—|0-0—-0—0—0—–0–|0-2-3-0—0————–|
B |——————0-0-0-|0-0——————3p0|–1—-1—1—1—–1–|——-3p0-3-0———–|
G |———–0——0-0-0-|0-0———————|–2-0h2-0h2-0h2–0-2-2–|————–3/2-0—0–|
D |——0-2p0——-x-x-x-|0-x-0-0-0-0————-|–3————–0-2-2–|——————-2p0—|
A |-0-1/2————3-5h7-|x-7-x-x-x-x————-|————————|————————-|
E |————3-1-0-x-x-x-|7-8-8-7-6-5~————|————————|————————-|

e |————————|————————|
B |————————|————————|
G |————————|—0——————–|
D |-2-0—————–0–|2p0———————|
A |—-1p0-1p0-1p0-0-1/2—|—–0-1-2————–|
E |—————3——–|—-3——————-|

(Mandolin Break)

B7 C C7 G D C G B7 C C7 G D C G

[Verse 5]
G Em
A wife and five children
C Am
Who live in L.A.
F Am
They miss their dear daddy
G
Who’s gone so far away

[Verse 6]
G Em
They still have his picture
C Am
It’s hung on the wall
F Am
He’s just an old hobo
G
Asleep out in the hall

[Chorus]
B7 C C7
He used to be a gambling man just like you
G D C
Until he sank so low there was nothing no one could do
B7 C C7
He used to be a gambling man just like you
G D C
Until he sank so low there was nothing no one could do

[Outro]

e |——————–3—|
B |——————–3—|
G |——————–0—|
D |-2-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0–0—|
A |-3-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0–2—|
E |——-3———-3-3—|