Chords for Neil Young - Hitchhiker (Video Clip)

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_ _ I was a hitchhiker on the road, I had to count on you.
_ You needed me [G] to ease the load, [D] for _ conversation [E] too.
[Em] _ _ [D] Or did you just [C] pass on through?
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_ _ _ _ _ _ You didn't see me to run, and I first tried out some heavy mesh. _ _
Smoked through a pin and I'd do it again, but [D] I didn't [Em] have the cash.
_ [D] I didn't [C] have the cash. _ _ _
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_ [E] _ Then I [Em] tried amphetamine, and my head was in a glass.
_ _ Taped underneath [G] the speedometer wires [D] on my .48
[Em] Buick stash.
But [D] I knew that [C] wouldn't last.
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Then came _ [G] California, _ [C] when I first saw [G] open water.
_ [C] In the land of [G] opportunity, _ _ [D] I knew I was [Em] getting hotter.
_ _ [D] I knew I was [C] getting hotter. _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ The neon lights and the endless nights, came to me by surprise.
_ The doctor gave [G] me thallium, [D] but I still couldn't close [Em] my eyes.
[D] I still couldn't close [C] my eyes.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Then came _ [G] paranoia, _ [C] and it ran away [G] with me.
_ _ [C] I would not sign [G] my autograph, [D] or appear [Em] on TV, _ _ [D] or see [C] or be seen. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] Living in the country, _ _ looked good to me. _
_ Smoking grass while the summer passed, [Em] in the real organic scene. _ _
[D] Where everything [E] was green. _ _
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_ _ _ [E] Then we had a kid, and we split apart while I was living on the road.
_ And a little _ [G] cocaine, and a long, long [D] rain, to ease that [Em] different load.
_ [D] Then my head [C] didn't explode.
_ _ _ _ My head didn't explode.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] I thought I was [G] an Aztec, [C] or a runner in [G] Peru.
_ I [C] could build such [G] beautiful buildings, _ [D] to house the chosen [Em] few.
_ [D] Like an Inca from [C] Peru. _ _ _ _
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_ How many _ years have come and gone, like friends and enemies. _ _
I tried to leave my [G] past behind, _ [D] but it's catching up [E] with me.
[Em] _ [D] It's catching up with [C] me. _
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_ _ _ _ _ I don't know how I'm standing here, living _ my life.
_ I'm _ _ _ thankful for my [G] children, _
[D] and my faithful [E] wife.
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