Hobo Bills Last Ride

	  		
verse 1 
C    G    C 
Ho-o-bo-o Billy. 
              F         C              F                    C 
Riding on the eastbound freight train, speeding through the night, 
F            C                 D7               G 
Hobo Bill, a railroad bum, was fighting for his life. 
       F       C                     F              C 
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul. 
   F                 C             G              C 
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the coal. 


verse 2 
C    G    C 
Ho-o-bo-o Billy. 
               F         C              F                 C 
No warm lights flickered around him, no blankets there to fold, 
F               C                D7                  G 
Nothing but the howling wind and the driving rain so cold. 
        F       C                    F              C 
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way, 
    F           C                 G                     C 
The hobo seemed contented, for he smiled there where he lay. 


verse 3 
C    G    C 
Ho-o-bo-o Bill. 
            F        C               F             C 
Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door, 
        F              C             D7             G 
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor. 
          F          C                            F               C 
While the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside, 
F                C             G               C 
No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride. 


WHISTLE SOUNDS 
C G C 

verse 4 
C            F      C                 F                 C 
It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo?s head. 
    F                    C               D7            G 
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead. 
          F    C                 F                C 
There was no mother?s longing to soothe his weary soul, 
    F             C                G               C 
For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold. 


WHISTLE SOUNDS 
C