Merle Haggard – Hobo Bills Last Ride (Guitar)

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Riding on an eastbound freight train Speeding through the night

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Hobo Bill, a railroad bum was fighting for his life.

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Riding on an eastbound freight train.... Speeding through the night

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Hobo Bill, the railroad bum.... was fighting for his life

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And the sadness of his eyes revealed... the torture of his soul

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He raised a weak and weary hand... to brush away the cold

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No warm lights flickered around him...no blankets there to fold

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Nothing but the howling wind ...and the driving rain so cold

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When he heard a whistle blowing...in a dreamy kind of way

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The hobo seemed contented for...he smiled there where he lay

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A..Ho -oh oh bo-oh-oh Bill

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Riding on an eastbound freight train Speeding through the night

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Hobo Bill, a railroad bum was fighting for his life

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The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul

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He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the cold

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Outside the rain was falling...on that lonely boxcar door

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But the little form of Hobo Bill...lay still upon the floor

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While the train sped through the darkness...and the raging storm outside

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No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride

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A..Ho -oh oh bo-oh-oh Bill

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It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head

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The smile still lingered on his face, but Hobo Bill was dead

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There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul

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For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold

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A..Ho -oh oh bo-oh-oh Bill