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C5: x32013                   
A7: x02223 
intro:  G-  A7-  C5- D,  G-  A7-  C5- D  
GDon't pick up A7Hitchhiker Joe
C5He'll slit your throat and Dcut off your big toe (I tell you)
GHe'll make you smile from A7ear to ear
Gonna C5lock you in the trunk for Dninety-nine years
Don't do it now
Bum, bum bum bum bum
Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum
... bum, bum bum bum bum
Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum
DI had a cousin, Emcame from Vermont
CNext thing I know that Gcousin was gone
DTruckdriver saw him picking up EmHitchhiker Joe
Now his Cspleen's on the sidewalk Dhelping flowers grow
My best friend Eddie called from L.A.
Said we'd have dinner later that day
I got the feeling and it's more than a hunch
My poor friend Eddie was that hitchhiker's lunch
[Refrain]
EmHitchhiker Joe ain't no Cvegetarian
If you Emsee him on the highway Csteer clear of him
He got a Fknife in his sock and a Crazor up his sleeve
And a Fchainsaw in his pack and Che's gonna make you bleed... yeah yeah!
["Bum" part of Refrain]
My girlfriend Lois called from Tallahasee
She picked up that dude at the Spam factory
That was the last time that I saw her smile
My best advice is, "Don't eat Spam for awhile!"
[Refrain]

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Hitchhiker Joe

by The Rugburns

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

: x32013

: x02223

G A7 C5 D G A7 C5 D

intro: - - - , - - -

G A7

Don't pick up Hitchhiker Joe

C5 D

He'll slit your throat and cut off your big toe (I tell you)

G A7

He'll make you smile from ear to ear

C5 D

Gonna lock you in the trunk for ninety-nine years

Don't do it now

Bum, bum bum bum bum

Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum

... bum, bum bum bum bum

Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum

D Em

I had a cousin, came from Vermont

C G

Next thing I know that cousin was gone

D Em

Truckdriver saw him picking up Hitchhiker Joe

C D

Now his spleen's on the sidewalk helping flowers grow

My best friend Eddie called from L.A.

Said we'd have dinner later that day

I got the feeling and it's more than a hunch

My poor friend Eddie was that hitchhiker's lunch

[Refrain]

Em C

Hitchhiker Joe ain't no vegetarian

Em C

If you see him on the highway steer clear of him

F C

He got a knife in his sock and a razor up his sleeve

F C

And a chainsaw in his pack and he's gonna make you bleed... yeah yeah!

["Bum" part of Refrain]

My girlfriend Lois called from Tallahasee

She picked up that dude at the Spam factory

That was the last time that I saw her smile

My best advice is, "Don't eat Spam for awhile!"

[Refrain]

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