C
Now daddy told me stories
F C
Bout the whinos and the frieght trains
That momma never wanted me to know
That I had spent my younger days
F C
Sleepin' in a box car
She was ashamed that I had been a hobo
G C
She never wanted me to know that he was a hobo
C
Now momma was a christian
F C
And she always read the bible
She told me all the things that I shouldn't do
But you had railroad fever
F C
And gamblin' in your fingers
C
And a bad case of ramblin' in my shoes
G C
And a bad, bad case of ramblin' in our shoes
F C
So I caught a southern bound in Detroit City
F C
And we rode it all the way to Baton Rouge
F C
I met up with a man called Boxcar Willie
D G G7
And you got your first taste of hobo stew
C G C
I played every song of Jimmie Rodgers
F C
How I loved those old Hank Williams blues
F C
Now every time I hear that lonesome whistle
We get a bad case of ramblin' in our shoes
G C
We get a bad bad case of ramblin' in our shoes
C G
G D
Yeah we caught a southern bound in Detriot City
G D
And we rode it all the way to Baton Rouge
G D
I met up with a man called Boxcar Willie
E A A7
And you got your first taste of hobo stew
D A D
We played every song of Jimmie Rodgers
G D
And we sang every one of ole Hank's tunes
G D
Now every time we hear that whistle blowin'
We get a bad case of ramblin' in our shoes
A D
We get a bad bad case of ramblin' in our shoes