Hobo Chili Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 There’s a Abackyard sDhow where Aeverybody goDes

 ‘cause Aeverybody knows at this Emasquerade

 They weaAr strange costuDmes and heAave water balDloons

 and oAne kid’s dressed Eup like a deviled eAgg

 That’s when I sDay, “ What’s this? There’s sAomething that I’ve missed

 there ain’t nothing like this back in UpEstate”

 But “When in ALouisville,” they Dsay, “join the cArazy baDllet”

 So with Ablazing watergEuns I join the Afray

Chorus

 YesF♯m I learned oAn that day what lBmocal flavor mEeans

 With F♯ma dinner madAe from dumpsters Bmon Kentucky stEreets

 YouF♯m won’t learn aDnything tied up Ain restaurant Echains

 WhyF♯m bother travelDing if it all juAst tastes the Esame?

Interlude

A,D x 3 E, Repeat.

Verse 2

 On theA guidebook pDage a traAvel-weary sDage

 is Asharing the best secrets from her Elatest trek

 TheAn the tourists cDome and monAey builds it Dup and

 prAetty soon the plEace is just a wrAeck

 But when DI hit the road I want piAe a la mode

 from a café where they don’tE wear uniforms

 Where the sAalt of the eDarth season Atheir hometoDwn turf

 with aArt that you can’t Efind in any stoAre

Chorus

 Yes F♯mI know there’s nAothing new outBm on the interEstate

 And a F♯mjourney’s poinAtless if the aBmsphalt mediaEtes

 YF♯mou won’t find anyDthing if you’re Atied with retail cEhains

 WF♯mhy bother traveDling if it alAl just looks the sEame

Verse 3

( First five lines are a capella)

There’s a warehouse show out in New Mexico and

films are being screened up on a Brooklyn roof

Basement galleries in Knoxville,

Tennessee and Tallahassee games under the moon

 So will you Dcome with me to Aeither shining sea

 to cleanse the monoculture from oEur souls?

 Then we’ll rAoam town to tDown listening fAor any sounDd

 that can Atell us theyE’re having a Ashow

 So raise a glasAs of your swDeat to acknoAwledge the deDbt

 that we oAwe to our moEst gracious hoAsts