Arlo Guthrie – Hobos Lullaby (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Arlo Guthrie 1972 (Goebel Reeves) to the tune of Just Before The Battle Mother by George F. Root 1862 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo%27s_Lullaby_(album) Capo I * G C 2x
G                     C
Go to sleep you weary hobo

D                          G
Let the towns drift slowly by

G                             C
Can't you hear the steel rail humming

D                    G
That's a hobo's lullaby

G                    C
Do not think about tomorrow

D                     G
Let tomorrow come and go

  G                           C
Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar

D                          G
Safe from all the wind and snow

G                           C
I know the police cause you trouble

D                       G
They cause trouble everywhere

G                          C
But when you die and go to heaven

D                           G
You won't find no policemen there

G                                C
I know your clothes are torn and ragged

D                        G
And your hair is turning grey

G                           C
Lift your head and smile at trouble

D                          G
You'll find happiness some day

G                        C
So go to sleep you weary hobo

D                          G
Let the towns drift slowly by

G                             C
Don't you feel the steel rail humming

D                    G
That's a hobo's lullaby
* Alternate: Capo IV G = E C = A D = B Set8