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Thread #11491 Message #85915
Posted By: Gene
11-Jun-99 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Hobo Bill's Last Ride
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add:HOBO BILL'S LAST RIDE (J Rodgers)
Didn't see it in the database... Here's what it sounds like to me...
HOBO BILL'S LAST RIDE Recorded by: Jimmie Rodgers Writer: Elsie McWilliams and Jimmie Rodgers
Yodel: [C] Ho-o-[G7] bo-o [C] Bil-ly!
[C] Riding on an east bound freight train [F] Speeding thru the [C] night [F] Hobo Bill, a [C] railroad bum Was [D7] fighting for his [G7] life The [C] sadness of his eyes revealed The [F] torture of his [C] soul He [F] raised a weak and [C] weary hand To [G7] brush away the [C] cold.
Yodel: [C] Ho-o-[G7] bo-o [C] Bil-ly!
No warm lights flickered around him No blankets there to fold Nothing but the howling wind And the driving rain so cold When he heard a whistle blowing In a dreamy kind of way The hobo seemed contented For he smiled there where he lay.
Yodel: Ho-o-bo-o Bi-ll!
Outside the rain was falling On that lonely boxcar door But the little form of Hobo Bill Lay still upon the floor While the train sped thru the darkness And the raging storm outside No one knew that Hobo Bill Was taking his last ride.
[TRAIN WHISTLE SOUND]
It was early in the morning When they raised the hobo's head The smile still lingered on his face But Hobo Bill was dead There was no mother's longing To soothe his weary soul For he was just a railroad bum Who died out in the cold.
[TRAIN WHISTLE SOUND]
SOURCE: ALL ABOUT TRAINS/HANK SNOW & JIMMIE RODGERS 1975 RCA records ANL1-1052