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Hitchin' A Ride - Green Day
From the Album-- Nimrod
Guitar normal tuning
Intro: violin
Verse1: bass and drums
hey, mister where you headed?
are you in a hurry?
i need a lift to happy hour
i say 'oh, no...'
did you break for distilled spirits?
i need a break as well
oh well, that inebriates the guilt
one, two, one, two three four
guitar joins
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-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-
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Verse2: bass and drums
cold turkey is getting stale
tonight i'm eating crow
fermented sarmonella
i say 'oh, no...'
there's a drought at the fountain of youth
and now i'm dehydrating
my tongue is swelling up
i say one, two, one, two, three, four
guitar joins
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-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-5-
-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-7-7-5-5-4-4-3-3-
Chorus
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-2----2----4----4----4----2----5----4----2----2----4----4----
-2----2----4----4----2----0----5----4----2----2----4----4----
-0----0----2----2--------------3----2----0----0----2----2----
trouble times, you know i cannot lie, i'm off the wagon and
i'm hitching a ride
there's a drought at the fountain of youth
and now i'm dehydrating
my tongue is swelling up
i say
(pause)
Bridge:
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-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
|--slide--|
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-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9---------11-
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7----------9-
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------
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---------7-7-------------7-7-------------7-7-5-5-7-7-----7-7-5-5-
|--slide--|
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-7-7-------------7-7------------------------------
(Chorus)
Outro:
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-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9-
-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------- play 4 times
hitching a ride
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-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-
-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-
-7-7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2- play 3 times
hitching a ride
|--slide--|
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-----------7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------7-7-9-9---------11-
-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-7-7-9-9---------11-
-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-5-5-7-7----------9-
-7-7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-7-7--------------------
hitching a ride
(pause)
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