Chord/Tab song: Hitchhiker

Harlan L Thompson

HITCHHIKER- Neil Young

[Em(7)]When I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load and for[D] conversation[Em(7)] too
Or[D] did you just ride on[C] through[Em]
You didn't see me in Toronto when I first tried out some hash
Smoked some then and I'll do it again if I only had some cash
Only had some cash

Then I tried amphetamines and my head was in a glass
Taped underneath the speedometer wires of my '48 Buick's dash
But I knew that wouldn't last

CHORUS #1:
[C]Then came Cal[G]ifornia, where I[C] first saw open[G] water
In the[C] land of oppo[Em7]rtunity, I k[D]new I was getting h[Em7]otter
I[D] knew I was getting[C] hotter
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But the neon lights and the endless nights
The neon lights and the endless nights
The neon lights and the endless nights
The neon lights and the endless nights
They took me by surprise
The doctor gave me valium but I still couldn't close my eyes
I still couldn't close my eyes

CHORUS #2:
Then came paranoia and it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph or appear on TV
Or see or be seen, see or be seen
Or see or be seen

[G]Living in the country sounded good to me
Smoking grass while the summer lasts in the r[D]eal organic [Em]scene
Where eve[D]rything was gr[C]een everything was gre[Am]en [Em]

Then we had a kid and we split apart I was living on the road
A little cocaine went a long long way to ease that different load
But my head did explode, my head did explode

CHORUS #3:
I wish I was an Aztec or a runner in Peru
I would build such beautiful buildings yo house the chosen few
Like an Inca from Peru

When I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too
Or did you just drive on through, did you just drive on through
Did you just drive on through

When I was a hitchhiker on the road