Chords
# I play this song in standard tuning in the original key, but you can either play it # half a step down or tune up the uke half a step in order to have simplier chords
Intro:
G# C#maj7 x2
Verse 1:
G# C#maj7
I lit my purest candle close to my
G# C#maj7
window hoping it would catch the eye
G# C#maj7
of any vagabond who passed it by
A#m C# G#
and I waited in my fleeting house.
Verse 2:
G# C#maj7
Before he came I felt him drawing near,
G# C#maj7
as he neared I felt the ancient fear
G# C#maj7
that he had come to wound my door and jeer
A#m C# G#
and I waited in my fleeting house.
Chorus 1:
D# C# Fm
Tell me stories, I called to the hobo,
D# C# Fm
stories of cold, I smiled at the hobo,
D# C# Fm
stories of old, I knelt to the hobo,
A#m C# G#
and he stood before me in my fleeting house.
Verse 3:
G# C#maj7
No, said the hobo, no more tales of time,
G# C#maj7
don't ask me now to wash away the grime,
G# C#maj7
I can't come in 'cause it's too high a climb,
A#m C# G#
and he walked away from my fleeting house.
Chorus 2:
D# C# Fm C#maj7
Then you be damned, I screamed to the hobo,
D# C# Fm C#maj7
leave me alone, I wept to the hobo,
D# C# Fm C#maj7
turn into stone, I knelt to the hobo,
A#m C# G#
and he walked away from my fleeting house.
Ending:
D# C# Fm C#maj7
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Tabs by: LesterPolfus
Published: 7 Dec, 2012
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