This Here Mandolin
Michael Peter Smith

         F       F/E Dm            F/C
This here mandolin is carved out of pine
       Gm                         C
It was willed to me by an old hobo way down the line
   Gm                         C
He donated this mandolin with these last words
Gm          Dm            Bb            C
Before I cross over Boy I'll show you some chords
          Am                     Bb          Am
This here mandolin's made out of earth and of stone
       Gm                              C
If the sound of the railroad makes you feel all alone
          Gm                   C         F F/E Dm F/C    F F/E Dm F/C
This here mandolin will take a hobo back home


          F       F/E Dm          F/C
This here mandolin is sure full of sand
      Gm                            C
It'll play out-of-tune if there's a cop on the train
       Gm                      C
She'll sing you the song of the Super Chief out of
          F   F/E               Dm F/C
Out of St. Paul   and that ain't all
          Am                            C       Am
This here mandolin'll make a young girl open her window
       Gm            C                   Gm            C
Like a warm bed on a rainy night   Like a hex-sign on a barn
          Gm                   C         Eb Bb Am    Eb Bb F
This here mandolin will keep a hobo from harm


Am Bb Am
Gm C
Gm C
Gm C F F/E Dm F/C
F F/E Dm F/C


          F       F/E Dm            F/C
This here mandolin is carved out of pine
       Gm                         C
It was willed to me by an old hobo way down the line
   Gm                         C
He donated this mandolin with these last words
Gm          Dm            Bb            C
Before I cross over Boy I'll show you some chords
          Am                     C             Am
This here mandolin's made out of barns and old watertanks
       Gm                        C
If the jukebox is busted and you need an old song
          Gm                C         F F/E Dm F/C
This here mandolin'll take a hobo back home
Gm   C   Gm   C . . .