Lobo The Hobo Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
Lobo The Hobo
Written and Recorded by Hank Thompson
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The Lobo the Hobo you ought to hear him play
Yeah
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Lobo the Hobo you ought to hear him
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play
Hangs
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around the depot picking the blues all
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day
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I can tell he sorta makes a living that
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They call him Lobo the Hobo he looks just like a wolf
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Lobo the Hobo he looks just like a
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wolf
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I can tell the man is junkyard
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tough
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And when he picks the blues you never can hear
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enough
In San Antone he caught a freight train Dallas bound
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San Antone he caught a freight train Dallas
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bound
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off in Waco just to take a look a
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round
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Started picking the blues when both feet touched the
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ground
He's Lobo the Hobo nobody knows his name
He'
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s Lobo the Hobo nobody knows hi
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Don'
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t know where he's going not sure from where
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he
came
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But he's a picking the blues on his guitar just th
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Said Lobo the Hobo I'm gonna leave town tonight
Said
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Lobo the Hobo I'm gonna leave tow
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n
tonight
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ain't never coming back but then again
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But I'll be picking the blues till the freight train's ou
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tta
sight
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I'll be picking the blues till the freight train's ou
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tta
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Lobo The Hobo?
- The song Lobo The Hobo was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.
