Hitchhiker chords by
John Denver
John Denver

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Key: D major
Verse 1
F#
F#

D
D

F#
F#

This song was first released on the Spirit
B
B

album. It is the only album it has been released on.
Verse 2
B
B

If your drivin' down the road and
C#m
C#m

you come across an old man
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F#

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B

Holdin' out his thumb in the wind
C#m
C#m

His clothes are old and dirty and dirty
G#m
G#m

that doesn't matter
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C#

F#
F#

It's his eyes that tell where he's been
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B

If you're not afraid to take
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C#m

your chances on a stranger
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F#

He might have some company to lend
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B

C#m
C#m

Why don't you pull off to the side
G#m
G#m

and let that old man have a ride
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C#

He can tell you all the crazy
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F#

things he's seen
Verse 3
F#
F#

D
D

A
A

I'm an old hitchhiker
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B

The highway is the only
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F#

home I know
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D

Where you're headed I don't mind
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A

I ain't been there in some time
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C#

F#
F#

And it's just exactly where I want to go
Verse 4
B
B

I can tell you how I started in
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C#m

the circus as a barker
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F#

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B

Drawin' people in from far and wide
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C#m

They never did regret the
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G#m

dollar that it cost 'em
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C#

We always left 'em feelin'
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F#

good inside
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B

We were headed for Montana
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C#m

when we hired us a dancer
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F#

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B

Her beauty it was more than I can say
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C#m

Then one summer night
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G#m

she set my soul on fire
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C#

Lord, I wish that she was
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F#

here with me today
Verse 5
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D

A
A

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B

I'm an old hitchhiker, I wonder
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F#

what's a waitin' 'round the bend
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D

I don't know what I might see
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A

and I don't need no guarantee
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C#

Just a ride from here to there
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F#

and back again
Interlude 1
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D

F#
F#

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B

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

C#
C#

Verse 6
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B

I was only seventeen when I
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C#m

took the open highway
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F#

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B

Took it for my teacher and a friend
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C#m

I've been thirty years a-
thumbin'
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G#m

Some might call it bummin'
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C#

F#
F#

But it's better than just cryin' in the wind
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B

C#m
C#m

So if you're drivin' down the road and you come across
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F#

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B

an old man holdin' out his thumb in the rain
C#m
C#m

Why don't you pull off to the side
G#m
G#m

let the poor boy have a ride
C#
C#

He can tell you all the crazy
F#
F#

things he's seen
Verse 7
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D

A
A

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B

I'm an old hitchhiker lookin' to
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F#

the far side of the hill
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D

Some people say I'll settle down
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A

Build a home in some small town
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C#

F#
F#

But within my heart I know I never will
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D

I'm an old
Verse 8
hitchhiker
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A

Words by Steve Weisberg and
Verse 9
John Denver,
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B

music by Steve Weisberg
Outro 1
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B

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B

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