John Lee Hooker – Hobo Blues (Guitar)

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When I first started hoboin', hoboin', boy

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I took a freight train to be my friend, oh Lord

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You know I hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd

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Hobo'd a long, long way from home, oh yeah

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Yes I did.

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I left home that morning.

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My mother followed me down to the

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Freight train yard, oh Lord

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She said my son he's gone,

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Lord take care of my child

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Lord, lord he's trying

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You know he's trying

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You know he's trying

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Take care of my child

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Next time I start to hobo,

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Gonna have my baby by my side

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Ain't nobody like you

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I'm gonna be so alone.

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And my days won't be so long.

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