Chords with lyrics
Tuning: EADGBE
Very easy song, only 3 chords (
G+G can also be played as a 
G minorGm)
G+G 
C majorC
I saw a hippy girl on 8th avenue
G+G 
D MajorD
She barely looked at me for a second or two
G+G C majorC G+G
And I suddenly realized I no longer looked much like a hippy
D MajorD
Mmmmm
G+G C majorC
She had a long thin dress and rainbow clothes
G+G D MajorD
Not long ago I wore one of those
G+G C majorC G+G
But now-a-days I guess I don't dress very much like anything
D MajorD
Mmmmm
C majorC D MajorD
I had a great pair of bellbottoms, I had two
C majorC D MajorD
My friend borrowed one and the other I outgrew
C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And now to the eye I'm turning into another non-descript guy
G+G C majorC
But I still travel light and my hair is still long
G+G D MajorD
I still hate deoderant and I still sing songs
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
But over the years I've noticed I'm not dressing as colourfully and psychedelic as I used to
G+G C majorC
'Cause I wore my tye-dyes until they rotted to shreds
G+G D MajorD
And I can no longer follow The Greatful Dead
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
And it's gotten to the point where I don't even identify with most Phish fans anymore
C majorC D MajorD
And someday soon I know I'll cut my hair
C majorC D MajorD
And a week after that I know I won't even care
C majorC D MajorD
Is that what it comes to all along?
C majorC D MajorD
Everything that you feel will one day feel wrong
G+G
I was talking to my friend Eric
C majorC
Just to see what he thunk
G+G
And he said "Jeff, it's weird
D MajorD
But I no longer look like a punk
G+G C majorC
I guess we don't need our clothes for an identity crutch"
G+G D MajorD
And we looked at each other and we didn't look like much
G+G C majorC
And we looked out at the world like a movie theatre
G+G D MajorD
At all the hippies and the punks and the skinheads and the skaters
G+G C majorC G+G
And someday or other maybe sooner or later they'll come to the realization
D MajorD C majorC
That what's important is whether you can carry on a human conversation
D MajorD
It's not what you wear on the outside
C majorC G+G
Other versions of I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8th Avenue Acoustic
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8th Avenue Acoustic by Jeffrey Lewis
