G                          C              G
    The wild and reckless hobo who left his happy home,
                                    D           G
    started upon a western trip all by himself alone.
                                  C                     G
    Upon this western trip we're going to have lots of fun,
                                    D               G
    but upon this western trip this is the song he sung.

( G C G D G )

        G                       C                G
    I stepped upon a platform smoking a cheap cigar,
                                         D              G
    waiting to catch a freight train to catch an empty car.
                                       C                   G
    I buttoned my coat up closely and walked on down the track,
                                            D              G
    I caught the steps of a sleeper car, I never did look back.

        G                        C                    G
    My pocket book is empty, my heart is filled with pain,
                                         D                     G
    ten thousand miles away from home hoboing an old freight train.