Harry Hippie Chords by Calvin Richardson
Tempo:
71.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#m
A
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] Everybody claims that they want the best [C#m] things out of life,
[E] [A] but not everyone, not everyone wants to go through the toils and the [C#] strifes.
[E] Like the particular fella that [C#m] walks around all day long,
this song [E] goes like [A] this.
[B]
[E] Lalalalalalalalalalalala
Very [C#m] hippie, lies asleep in the [A] shade.
Life doesn't fuck him, [B] cause he thinks he's flat in lay.
[E] He [G#m] never, never, ever worry about [B] anything in particular.
[A] Ooh, he might even sell [B] [G#] free press on Sunday.
[C#m] I'd like to help a [G#] man [G#m] when he's down.
[C#m] But I can't help him much when he's sleeping on the [B] ground.
[E] It's like a bottle of [G#m] [A] water, air [F#m] just flows through [E] life.
Walks [C#m] around all day long singing these words.
[A] Oh, oh, oh, oh, [G#m] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[E] Listen, very [C#m] hippie.
She's a hairish lady.
Yeah, [A] yeah.
Paying down all this money [B] just to feed hairish babies.
[E] She can write down a [G#m] story.
Oh, so incredible.
[A] And man, you just want to take home the [B] food and put it on the [G#] table.
[C#m] Oh, I'd like to help a [G#m] man when he's down.
[C#m] But how can I help you, Harry, [G#m] if you want to sleep on the [B] ground?
[E] Oh, sorry, Harry.
[A] You're too [F#m] much weight to carry [E] around.
But he still [B] walks around all day singing this song.
[E] Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, yeah.
Sha la la la la.
[B] La la la la.
[E] It's a street child, street [C#m] child.
Tell me, where will you be going [A] when all men [B] went down?
If this horn will stop blowing.
[E] Will you hang around L [G#m].A. or hit the road on the freeway?
[A] Or meet an old familiar [B] face in a new [G#] place?
Oh, [C#m] I'd like to help a [B] man when he's down.
[C#m] How can I help him when he's [G#m] somewhere out of town?
[E] Oh, I'm so sorry, Harry.
[A] I think I'm going to put you [E] down.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la [B] la la.
La la la la.
[E] Everybody help me sing this song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
Yeah, [A] na, na.
Sha la la la la.
[G#m] Oh, [B] ho, ho.
[E] Sha la la la la.
Sing my song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
[A] [B]
[E] [A] but not everyone, not everyone wants to go through the toils and the [C#] strifes.
[E] Like the particular fella that [C#m] walks around all day long,
this song [E] goes like [A] this.
[B]
[E] Lalalalalalalalalalalala
Very [C#m] hippie, lies asleep in the [A] shade.
Life doesn't fuck him, [B] cause he thinks he's flat in lay.
[E] He [G#m] never, never, ever worry about [B] anything in particular.
[A] Ooh, he might even sell [B] [G#] free press on Sunday.
[C#m] I'd like to help a [G#] man [G#m] when he's down.
[C#m] But I can't help him much when he's sleeping on the [B] ground.
[E] It's like a bottle of [G#m] [A] water, air [F#m] just flows through [E] life.
Walks [C#m] around all day long singing these words.
[A] Oh, oh, oh, oh, [G#m] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[E] Listen, very [C#m] hippie.
She's a hairish lady.
Yeah, [A] yeah.
Paying down all this money [B] just to feed hairish babies.
[E] She can write down a [G#m] story.
Oh, so incredible.
[A] And man, you just want to take home the [B] food and put it on the [G#] table.
[C#m] Oh, I'd like to help a [G#m] man when he's down.
[C#m] But how can I help you, Harry, [G#m] if you want to sleep on the [B] ground?
[E] Oh, sorry, Harry.
[A] You're too [F#m] much weight to carry [E] around.
But he still [B] walks around all day singing this song.
[E] Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, yeah.
Sha la la la la.
[B] La la la la.
[E] It's a street child, street [C#m] child.
Tell me, where will you be going [A] when all men [B] went down?
If this horn will stop blowing.
[E] Will you hang around L [G#m].A. or hit the road on the freeway?
[A] Or meet an old familiar [B] face in a new [G#] place?
Oh, [C#m] I'd like to help a [B] man when he's down.
[C#m] How can I help him when he's [G#m] somewhere out of town?
[E] Oh, I'm so sorry, Harry.
[A] I think I'm going to put you [E] down.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la [B] la la.
La la la la.
[E] Everybody help me sing this song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
Yeah, [A] na, na.
Sha la la la la.
[G#m] Oh, [B] ho, ho.
[E] Sha la la la la.
Sing my song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
[A] [B]
Key:
E
B
C#m
A
G#m
E
B
C#m
_ [E] _ _ Everybody claims that they want the best [C#m] things out of life,
_ [E] [A] but not everyone, not everyone wants to go through the toils and the [C#] strifes.
[E] Like the particular fella that [C#m] walks around all day long,
this song [E] goes like [A] this.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Lalalalalalalalalalalala
_ Very [C#m] hippie, lies asleep in the [A] shade.
Life doesn't fuck him, [B] cause he thinks he's flat in lay.
[E] _ He [G#m] never, never, ever worry about [B] anything in particular.
[A] Ooh, he might even sell [B] _ [G#] free press on Sunday.
[C#m] _ I'd like to help a [G#] man [G#m] when he's down.
[C#m] _ But I can't help him much when he's sleeping on the [B] ground.
_ [E] It's like a bottle of [G#m] [A] water, air [F#m] just flows through [E] life.
Walks [C#m] around all day long singing these words.
[A] Oh, oh, oh, oh, [G#m] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[E] Listen, very [C#m] hippie.
She's a hairish lady.
Yeah, [A] yeah.
Paying down all this money [B] just to feed hairish babies.
[E] _ She can write down a [G#m] story.
Oh, so incredible.
[A] And man, you just want to take home the [B] food and put it on the [G#] table.
[C#m] Oh, I'd like to help a [G#m] man when he's down.
[C#m] But how can I help you, Harry, [G#m] if you want to sleep on the [B] ground?
_ [E] Oh, sorry, Harry.
[A] You're too [F#m] much weight to carry [E] around.
But he still [B] walks around all day singing this song.
[E] _ Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, yeah.
Sha la la la la.
[B] La la la la.
[E] It's a street child, street [C#m] child.
Tell me, where will you be going [A] _ when all men [B] went down?
If this horn will stop blowing.
[E] Will you hang around L [G#m].A. or hit the road on the freeway?
[A] Or meet an old familiar [B] face in a new [G#] place?
Oh, [C#m] I'd like to help a [B] man when he's down.
[C#m] How can I help him when he's [G#m] somewhere out of town?
[E] Oh, I'm so sorry, Harry.
[A] I think I'm going to put you [E] down.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la [B] la la.
La la la la.
[E] Everybody help me sing this song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
Yeah, [A] na, na.
Sha la la la la.
[G#m] Oh, [B] ho, ho. _
[E] Sha la la la la.
Sing my song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] [A] but not everyone, not everyone wants to go through the toils and the [C#] strifes.
[E] Like the particular fella that [C#m] walks around all day long,
this song [E] goes like [A] this.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Lalalalalalalalalalalala
_ Very [C#m] hippie, lies asleep in the [A] shade.
Life doesn't fuck him, [B] cause he thinks he's flat in lay.
[E] _ He [G#m] never, never, ever worry about [B] anything in particular.
[A] Ooh, he might even sell [B] _ [G#] free press on Sunday.
[C#m] _ I'd like to help a [G#] man [G#m] when he's down.
[C#m] _ But I can't help him much when he's sleeping on the [B] ground.
_ [E] It's like a bottle of [G#m] [A] water, air [F#m] just flows through [E] life.
Walks [C#m] around all day long singing these words.
[A] Oh, oh, oh, oh, [G#m] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[E] Listen, very [C#m] hippie.
She's a hairish lady.
Yeah, [A] yeah.
Paying down all this money [B] just to feed hairish babies.
[E] _ She can write down a [G#m] story.
Oh, so incredible.
[A] And man, you just want to take home the [B] food and put it on the [G#] table.
[C#m] Oh, I'd like to help a [G#m] man when he's down.
[C#m] But how can I help you, Harry, [G#m] if you want to sleep on the [B] ground?
_ [E] Oh, sorry, Harry.
[A] You're too [F#m] much weight to carry [E] around.
But he still [B] walks around all day singing this song.
[E] _ Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, yeah.
Sha la la la la.
[B] La la la la.
[E] It's a street child, street [C#m] child.
Tell me, where will you be going [A] _ when all men [B] went down?
If this horn will stop blowing.
[E] Will you hang around L [G#m].A. or hit the road on the freeway?
[A] Or meet an old familiar [B] face in a new [G#] place?
Oh, [C#m] I'd like to help a [B] man when he's down.
[C#m] How can I help him when he's [G#m] somewhere out of town?
[E] Oh, I'm so sorry, Harry.
[A] I think I'm going to put you [E] down.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
[A] Oh, ho, ho.
Sha la la [B] la la.
La la la la.
[E] Everybody help me sing this song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la.
Yeah, [A] na, na.
Sha la la la la.
[G#m] Oh, [B] ho, ho. _
[E] Sha la la la la.
Sing my song.
Sha la la la la.
[C#m] Sha la la la la. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _