Chords for Neil Young – Hitchhiker (Black Balloon version)

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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ 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 [E] too
_ But did you [A] just drive [C] on through? _ _ _
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_ [Em] You didn't see me in Toronto when I first tried out some _ hash
I smoked through a pin and I'd do it again if [D] I only had some cash
If [A] I only had some [C] _
cash
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_ _ _ [C] _ Then [Em] _ _
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I tried _ _ amphetamine, _ head was in a glass _ _
Taped underneath the speedometer wires of [A] my 48 Buick [E] stat
But [D] I knew [A] that wouldn't [C] _ last _ _
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_ _ _ [C] Then came _ [G]
California, _ [C] where I first saw [G] open water
_ [C] In the land of [G]
opportunity
_ _ [D] I knew I was [E] getting hotter, _ [D] I knew I was getting [C] hot
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_ _ _ _ _ But the neon light and the endless night, they took me by surprise
_ The doctor gave me _ Valium, but [D] I still couldn't close [E] my eyes
_ [D] I still couldn't close [C] my _ _ eyes
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_ _ Then came [G] _
paranoia, and [C] it ran away [G] with me
I couldn't sign [G] my autograph [D] or appear on [Em]
TV _ [D] or see or [C] be _ seen _ _ _ _ _
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Living in the country [C] _ _ [G]
sounded good to me _ _ _
Smoking grass with my Chicago [D] lights in a real [G] organic scene
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Where everything was [C] _ green _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [Em] We had a kid and we split apart, and I'm living on the road
And a little cocaine goes a long, long [D] way to ease that [Em] different load
But [D] that ain't all that [C] I know
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] I wish I was [G] an Aztec [C] or a runner in [G] Peru
_ [C] I would build such [Em] beautiful buildings [D] to house a [Em] chosen few
_ [D] Like an Inca from [C] Peru _ _ _
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