Hobos Meditation Chords
Hobos Meditation by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, F, D7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G7 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
D7 G7
Whenever that time comes to die
C G7 C
Has the 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 living
D7 G7 C
Or can we continue to roam
G7 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 and brakemen
D7 G7
Will they tell us we cannot ride
C G7 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 a hobo
G7 C
In the land that lies hidden up there
G7 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 and brakemen
D7 G7
Will they tell us we cannot ride
C G7 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 a hobo
G7 C
In the land that lies hidden up there