Hobo Jungle Lyrics

Hobo Jungle

C		  g		  f	   fm6
There was a chill that night in the hobo jungle
Am	   em7   ebm7  dm7	  g7
Over the train yard lay a smooth coat of frost
C		   g			f		  fm6
And although nobody here really knows where they’re goin’
Am em7	 dm7	   f	 g7	 c
At the very same time  nobody’s lost


C		 g/c	   f 		  fm6/ab
Then the fire went out and the night grew still
Am		  em	 em7 ebm7 dm7			g7
This old man lay frozen   on the cold, cold ground
C		g/c	f			fm6/ab
He was a stray bird  and the road was his callin’
Am	em7	   dm7
Ridin’ the rods
G7	    f	 c
Sleepin’ under the stars
Am em7	    dm7 f	   g7   c
Playin’ the odds   from a rollin’ box car


C	   g/c	 f		   fm6/ab
She attended the fun’ral in the hobo jungle
Am		 em	em7 ebm7 dm7		    g7
Long were they lovers   though never could they wed
C		g/c	  f		   fm6/ab
Drifters and rounders	 and distant friends
Am 	em7	   dm7
Here I lie without anger or regret
F	    g7	c
I’m in no one’s debt

D		 a/d
Man goes nowhere
G	   gm6/bb
Ev’rything comes like tomorrow
Bm 		  f#m	  f#m7 fm7 em7	   a7
But she took that last ride	   there by his side
D		 a/d	  g		   gm6/bb
He spent his whole life  pursuing the horizon
Bm f#m7	  em7
Ridin’ the rods
A7	   g 	  d
Sleepin’ under the stars
Bm f#m7    em7  g		a7	d
Playin’ the odds	 from a rollin’ box car