INTRO : PLAY INSTRUMENTALLY (C) Riding on an (F) eastbound (C) freight train (F) Speeding through the (C) night (F) Hobo Bill, a (C) railroad bum was (D7) fighting for his (G) life. VERSE ONE /VOCALS (C) Riding on an (F) eastbound (C) freight train....(F) Speeding through the (C) night (F) Hobo Bill, the (C) railroad bum.... was (D7) fighting for his (G) life And the (C) sadness (F) of his (C) eyes revealed... the (F) torture of his (C) soul He (F) raised a weak and (C) weary hand... to (G) brush away the (C) cold VERSE TWO /VOCALS No (C) warm lights (F) flickered (C) around him...no (F) blankets there to (C) fold (F) Nothing but the (C) howling wind ...and the (D7) driving rain so (G) cold (C) When he (F) heard a (C) whistle blowing...in a (F) dreamy kind of (C) way The (F) hobo seemed (C) contented for...he (G) smiled there where he (C) lay TAGG (C) A..Ho -oh oh (G) bo-oh-oh (C) Bill INSTRUMENTAL : PLAY VERSE ONE BELOW IN FULL VS1 (C) Riding on an (F) eastbound (C) freight train (F) Speeding through the (C) night (F) Hobo Bill, a (C) railroad bum was (D7) fighting for his (G) life The (C) sadness (F) of his (C) eyes revealed the (F) torture of his (C) soul He (F) raised a weak and (C) weary hand to (G) brush away the (C) cold VERSE THREE (C) Outside the (F) rain was (C) falling...on that (F) lonely boxcar (C) door But the (F) little form of (C) Hobo Bill...lay (D7) still upon the (G) floor While the(C) train sped(F) through the(C)darkness...and the(F) raging storm(C)outside (F) No one knew that (C) Hobo Bill was (G) taking his last (C) ride TAGG (C) A..Ho -oh oh (G) bo-oh-oh (C) Bill NOTE: ADDED VERSE ON SOME RECORDINGS It was (C) early (F) in the (C) morning when they (F) raised the hobo's (C) head The (F) smile still lingered (C) on his face, but (D7) Hobo Bill was (G) dead There (C) was no (F) mother's (C) longing to (F) soothe his weary (C) soul For (F) he was just a (C) railroad bum who (G) died out in the (C) cold TAGG (C) A..Ho -oh oh (G) bo-oh-oh (C) Bill