Ain't Gonna Hobo No More Chords

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Ain't Gonna Hobo No More by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7, C and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G                             D7              G 
Well here I am a hobo with my hobo's pots and pans 
                                D7             G 
In an Alberta rail yard with my red faced hobo friends 
             C                    G 
Here comes a train east bound for Nova Scotia shore 
C       G                    D7                  G 
It's my last ride my friends ain't gonna hobo no more 

                 D7                        G 
So long BC Benning you have been a real good friend 
                          D7                      G 
And goodbye Boxcar Willie I guess I won't see you again 
             C                   G 
Here comes a train homebound for Nova Scotia shore 
C       G                   D7                  G 
It's my last ride my friend ain't gonna hobo no more 

C                   D7              G 
No one loves a hobo and I need some love 
        C         G            A7        D7 
Yes I'm always so hungry and I never get enough 
    C                   D7                  G 
And no one wants a hobo hanging round their doors 
C       G                    D7                  G 
It's my last ride my friends ain't gonna hobo no more 

                         D7                        G 
There's a man in Halifax that will give this bum a job 
                   D7                    G 
I'll use the money to find a woman I can love 
 
             C                    G 
Here comes a train east bound for Nova Scotia shore 
C       G                    D7                  G 
It's my last ride my friends ain't gonna hobo no more 

C                   D7              G 
No one loves a hobo and I need some love 
        C         G            A7        D7 
Yes I'm always so hungry and I never get enough 
    C                   D7                  G 
And no one wants a hobo hanging round their doors 
C       G                    D7                  G 
It's my last ride my friends ain't gonna hobo no more 

C       G                    D7                  G 
It's my last ride my friends ain't gonna hobo no more 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante