A  E      
Mm       

     D             D7 
It's carbon and monoxide 

    G     F#    F  E 
The ole Detroit perfume 

   D            D7 
It hangs on the highways 

       G 
In the morning 

       A                D     
And it lays you down by noon 

        A 
Oh Papa Hobo  

                 G              G7 
You can see that I'm dressed like a schoolboy 

      C           A/C# 
But I feel like a clown 

       G         E        C 
It's a natural reaction I learned 

              Bm   Am   G   Bdim Am G     Am G Am G Am G Am   
In this basketball town 


C            
Sweep up 

                       F               
I been sweeping up the tips I've made 

      C/E  Dm C               
I'm living on Gatorade 

            G       G7      
Planning my getaway 

 C                  
Detroit, Detroit 

                F               
Got a hell of a hockey team 

           Em  Dm C 
Got a left handed way 

   E/B      Am  Am/G             
Of making a man sign up on that 

D/F#                 G         G7       
Automotive dream, oh yeah,  oh yeah 

C7  C#   D      G 
Oh, Papa Papa Hobo 

                    F        Bb A Ab  
Could you slip me a ride? 

G                      D/F# 
 Well, it's just after breakfast  


          G7  F  
I'm in the road 

G7      C7         F      
And the weatherman lied,  

Dm/A  Bb   Am  Bb   Am Gm F   
Oo       , Ah     , Oo