Hitchhker chords by Neil Young

Chords with lyrics

Key: 'Em'

E minorEm
When I was a hitchhiker on the road

I had to count on you
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But you needed me to ease the load
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And for conversation too
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Or did you just drive on through

E minorEm
You didn't see me in Toronto

When I first tried out some hash
              G+G
Smoked some then and I'll do it again
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But I didn't have the cash
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I didn't have the cash

E minorEm
Then I tried amphetamines

And my head was in a glass
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Taped underneath the speedometer wires
    D MajorD     E minorEm
Of my '48 Buick's dash
    D MajorD         C majorC  E minorEm
But I knew that wouldn't last

C majorC       G+G
Then came California
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Where I first saw open water
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In the land of opportunity
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I knew I was getting hotter
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I knew I was getting hotter

E minorEm
But the neon lights

And the endless nights

They took me by surprise
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The doctor gave me valium
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But I still couldn't close my eyes
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I still couldn't close my eyes

C majorC       G+G
Then came paranoia
    C majorC      G+G
And it ran away with me
C majorC          G+G
I couldn't sign my autograph
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Or appear on TV
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Or see or be seen

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Living in the country
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Sounded good to me
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Smoking grass while the summer lasts
    E minorEm
In the real organic sea
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Where everything was green

Everything was green

E minorEm
Then we had a kid and we split apart

I was living on the road
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A augmentedA little cocaine went a long long way
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To ease that different load
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But my head did explode

My head did explode

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I wish I was an Aztec
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Or a runner in Peru
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I would build such beautiful buildings
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To house the chosen few
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Like an Inca from Peru

E minorEm
Now many years have come and gone

Like friends and enemies
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I tried to leave my past behind
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But it's catching up with me
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It's catching up with me

E minorEm
I don't know how I'm standing here

Living my life
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I'm thankful for my children
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And my faithful wife