Hobo's Lullaby (hi-lo)

by Woody & Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger · posted by waltp

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

HOBO’S LULLABY hi-lo
Trad. folk song
Woody & Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger
Key: D


6  6    8    8  -8  7  7  -6
-3 -3  -6*  -6*  6  -5 -5 -4
Go to sleep you wea-ry ho-bo


 6   6   -9   -9    8   -8 8
-3  -3   7     7   -6*  6 -6*
Let the town drift slow-ly by


 6   6  8   8   -9     8   -8   -6
-3  -3 -6* -6*   7    -6*   6   -4
Lis-ten to the steel rails hum-ming


 -6     -7   -6  6   -9   8  -8 7
 -4     4*   -4  -3  7   -6* 6  -5
Well, that's the ho-bo's lul-la-by

Do not think about tomorrow
Let tomorrow come and go
Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar
Safe from all the wind and snow

I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to heaven
You won't find no policemen there

I know your clothes are torn and ragged
And your hair is turning grey
Lift your head and smile at trouble
You'll find happiness some day

So go to sleep you weary hobo
Let the towns drift slowly by
Don't you feel the steel rail humming
That's a hobo's lullaby

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound