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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":88489,"song":"Hitchhiker","artist":"Neil Young","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/88489-hitchhiker-chords-by-neil-young/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/88489?type=chord","rating":4.54516,"votes":26,"content":"HITCHHIKER - Neil Young\r\n\r\nTabbed by Harlan L Thompson from this version\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbyTTPUvMrQ\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOr did you just ride on through[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou didn't see me in Toronto when I first tried out some hash\r\nSmoked through a pen and I'd do it again if I only had some cash\r\nI only had some cash\r\n\r\nThen I tried amphetamines and my head was in a glass\r\nTaped underneath the speedometer wires of my '48 Buick's dash\r\nBut I knew that wouldn't last\r\n\r\nCHORUS #1:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen came California, where I first saw open water[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIn the land of opportunity, I knew I was getting hotter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI knew I was getting hotter[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe neon lights and the endless nights\r\nThe neon lights and the endless nights\r\nThe neon lights and the endless nights\r\nThey took me by surprise\r\nThe doctor gave me valium but I still couldn't close my eyes\r\nI still couldn't close my eyes\r\n\r\nCHORUS #2:\r\nThen came paranoia and it ran away with me\r\nI couldn't sign my autograph or appear on TV\r\nOr see or be seen, see or be seen\r\nOr see or be seen\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLiving in the country sounded good to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmoking grass while the summer lasts in the real organic scene[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere everything was green, everything was green[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen we had a kid and we split apart, I was living on the road\r\nA little cocaine went a long long way to ease that different load\r\nBut my head did explode, my head did explode\r\n\r\nCHORUS #3:\r\nI wish I was an Aztec or a runner in Peru\r\nI would build such beautiful buildings to house the chosen few\r\nLike an Inca from Peru\r\n\r\nWhen I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you\r\nBut you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too\r\nOr did you just ride on through, did you just ride on through\r\nDid you just ride on through\r\n\r\nWhen I was a hitchhiker on the road","plain_text":"HITCHHIKER - Neil Young\n\nTabbed by Harlan L Thompson from this version\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbyTTPUvMrQ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou didn't see me in Toronto when I first tried out some hash\nSmoked through a pen and I'd do it again if I only had some cash\nI only had some cash\n\nThen I tried amphetamines and my head was in a glass\nTaped underneath the speedometer wires of my '48 Buick's dash\nBut I knew that wouldn't last\n\nCHORUS #1:\n\n\n\n\nThe neon lights and the endless nights\nThe neon lights and the endless nights\nThe neon lights and the endless nights\nThey took me by surprise\nThe doctor gave me valium but I still couldn't close my eyes\nI still couldn't close my eyes\n\nCHORUS #2:\nThen came paranoia and it ran away with me\nI couldn't sign my autograph or appear on TV\nOr see or be seen, see or be seen\nOr see or be seen\n\n\n\n\n\nThen we had a kid and we split apart, I was living on the road\nA little cocaine went a long long way to ease that different load\nBut my head did explode, my head did explode\n\nCHORUS #3:\nI wish I was an Aztec or a runner in Peru\nI would build such beautiful buildings to house the chosen few\nLike an Inca from Peru\n\nWhen I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you\nBut you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too\nOr did you just ride on through, did you just ride on through\nDid you just ride on through\n\nWhen I was a hitchhiker on the road","chords":["Em7","D","C","Em","G","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}