Only A Hobo

G# G# C# G# As I was out walking on the corner one day D# I spied an old hobo, in the doorway he lay G# C# G# His face was all covered in the cold sidewalk floor D# G# I guess he'd been there for a whole night or more C# G# He was only a hobo, but one more is gone D# Leaving nobody to carry it on C# G# Leaving nobody to sing his sad song C# G# Only a hobo, but one more is gone G# G# C# G# A blanket of newspaper covered his head D# The step was his pillow, the street was his bed G# C# G# One look at his face showed the hard road he'd come D# G# And a fistful of money showed the coins that he'd bummed C# G# He was only a hobo, but one more is gone D# Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song C# G# Leavin' nobody to carry it on C# G# Only a hobo, but one more is gone G# G# Does it take much of a man C# G# To see a whole life go down G# To look on the world D# From a hole in the ground G# Too late for your future C# G# Like a horse that's gone lame G# To lie in the gutter C# G# And die with no name C# G# He was only a hobo, but one more is gone D# Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song C# G# Leavin' nobody to carry it on C# G# Only a hobo, but one more is gone G#