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Hobo's Meditation
By Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Rodgers
Album: Same Train, A Different Time (1969)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
5/8/2016
Spoken:
When Jimmie Rodgers first sang California Blues he'd never been to the
Golden state. He wrote and recorded the song in October 1928
He always dreamed of touring California but tuberculosis kept him from
making such a tour. Most of Jimmie's in person performances were in the
area from Texas east and it was in this area that he knew the railroads and
the railroaders and the bums that road the rods
Jimmie had a special feeling for the hobo
And he was always good for a touch by one of the knights of the road
He knew their problems and he knew them well
For Jimmie had hoboed many of the main lines himself.
C G C
Tonight as I lay on a boxcar
F C
Just waiting for a train to pass by
F C
What will become of the hobo
D G
Whenever his time comes to die
C G C
There's a Master up yonder in heaven
F C
Got a place that we might call our home
F C
Will we have to work for a livin'
D G C
Or can we continue to roam.
Chorus:
C G C
Will there be any freight trains in heaven
F C
Any boxcars in which we might hide
F C
Will there be any tough cops or brakemen
D G
Will they tell us that we cannot ride
C G C
Will the hobo chum with the rich man
F E7
Will we always have money to spare
F C
Will they have respect for the hobo
D G C
In that land which lies hidden up there
Chorus
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