Sturgill Simpson – Hobo Cartoon (Guitar)

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[Intro] D/A [Verse 1]
D/A                                                          G
Wish I was riding the steam train, right out of the pages of time

A                                                            D/A
Down through the ol’ Roaring Twenties, before the fall of 1929

D/A                                                         G
Back in heyday of railroads, before airplanes fluttered and flew

A                                                       D
Color me in like a cartoon hobo doing what bums used to do
[Chorus]
G
Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers

D                       G
Hearing ol’ Bing Crosby croon

D/A
This is a song of how things used to be

      A                   D/A
And a script of a hobo cartoon
[Verse 2]
D/A                                                     G
Show me hopping a freight train, somewhere south of the yard

A                                              D/A
Make it a Santa Fe boxcar, paint all rusty and hard

D/A                                                                G
Sketch out an old hobo jungle, make the old days come alive on the page

A                                                             D
Build a rough shack, down by thе track, weather it heavy with agе
[Chorus]
G
Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers

D                       G
Hearing ol’ Bing Crosby croon

D/A
This is a song of how things used to be

      A                   D
And a script of a hobo cartoon
[Instrumental] G D/A A [Bridge]
    D                                                           G
Sometimes things are great to remember, some are too good to forget

A                                                                D
Things back then were so different, some things we think of them yet
[Chorus]
G
Songs from the great Jimmie Rodgers

D                       G
Hearing ol’ Bing Crosby croon

D/A
This is a song of how things used to be

      A                   D/A
And a script of a hobo cartoon