Hobos Lullaby Chords

by Woody Guthrie
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 11, 2025

Chords

C
F
G7
C7

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C                      F
Go to sleep, you weary hobo
G7                         C
Let the towns drift slowly by
C      C7                 F
Listen to the steel rails humming
G7                   C
That's a hobo's lullaby
 
C                  F
Ho Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho Ho-Ho-Ho
G7           C
Ho Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho-Ho
C             C7             F
Ho Ho-Ho Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho Ho-Ho Ho-Ho-Ho
G7             C
Ho Ho-Ho Ho-Ho-Ho
 
C                    F
Do not think about tomorrow
G7                    C
Let tomorrow come and go
  C            C7              F
Tonight you've got a nice warm boxcar
G7                          C
Safe from all this wind and snow
 
  C                         F
I know the police cause you trouble
G7                      C
They cause trouble everywhere
C            C7            F
But when you die and go to heaven
G7                       C
You'll find no policeman there
 
   C                      F
So go to sleep, you weary hobo
G7                         C
Let the towns drift slowly by
C      C7                 F
Listen to the steel rails humming
G7                   C
That's a hobo's lullaby
 
C                  F
Ho Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho Ho-Ho-Ho
G7           C
Ho Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho-Ho
C             C7             F
Ho Ho-Ho Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho Ho-Ho Ho-Ho-Ho
G7             C
Ho Ho-Ho Ho-Ho-Ho
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Hobos Lullaby – Woody Guthrie
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3 comments
emil50
The original is played with a capo on 3rd fret if you wanna play those chords. Great tab I’m loving it!
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mrmishap13
someone beat me to it but. woody loved his 3rd fret capos...
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grey_triker1
Thanks..... so simple yet so powerful
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