MEN ALL WANT TO BE HOBOS
by John Hartford
Down On the River Album
Flying Fish Label 1989
Chords tabbed by: Verne Garrison
October 7, 2008
Lyrics from Riverboat Annie Mud Cat
Men All Want to Be Hobos
D
She needs a man to hold her hand
and love her tender care
He wants to know when he comes and goes
G D
that she will stay right there
G
He really wants to be a hobo
D
the road he wants to fill
D
While she stays home and bakes the pies
A D
and leaves them on the windowsill
D
Shes a faithful wife and she gives her life
G D
and will die for just one man
while a rambler tries to be a gambler
G D
and love as many women as he can
G
and so he flows and rows and grows
D
to know a hobos cure
But a hobos cure is a woman's lure
A D
that pie on the windowsill
G D
She gives to him and he receives
G D
They love and then he leaves
G D
He lies and cries and says goodby
E7 A
Little darling don't you grieve
D
So he roams and she stays home
G D
and does what a woman will
dries her eyes and bakes her pies
A D
and leaves them on the windowsill
She gives to him and he receives
G D
they love and then he leaves
He lies and cries and says goodbye
E7 A
little darling don't you grieve
D
So he roams and she stays home
G D
and does what a woman will
dries her eyes and bakes her pies
A D
and leaves them on the windowsill