Only A Hobo

only a hobo words and music bob dylan recorded aug 12 1963 ( the times they are A - changin’ sessions ) and released on the bootleg series 1 - 3 ( 1991 ) tabbed by eyolf strem c’ x30030 G C G as i was out walking on a corner one day , D i spied an old hobo , in a doorway he lay . G C G his face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor D G and i guess he’d been there for the whole night or more . C G only a hobo , but one more is gone D c’ G/B leavin’ nobody to sing his sad song G C G leavin’ nobody to carry him home D c’ G he was only a hobo , but one more is gone a blanket of newspaper covered his head , as the curb was his pillow , the street was his bed . one look at his face showed the hard road he’d come and a fistful of coins showed the money he bummed . only a hobo , but one more is gone leavin’ nobody to sing his sad song leavin’ nobody to carry him home only a hobo , but one more is gone does it take much of a man to see his whole life go down , to look up on the world from a hole in the ground , to wait for your future like a horse that’s gone lame , to lie in the gutter and die with no name? only a hobo , but one more is gone leavin’ nobody to sing his sad song leavin’ nobody to carry him home only a hobo , but one more is gone