Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

this is basically the main riff of the album,

(sometimes played with variations, such as one more Am bar)

it occurs in almost all of the songs (during the C/Am parts)

You should also kinda strum C and Am while playing this...

4:30 (Apparently They Were Running Abroad)

C F C F C Dm Em G G Am

AmWe were moCving away from the boAmrder

 LCooking for somewhere to slAmeep

 The tCwo of us sharing the drAmiving

 Two hCitchhikers slumped in the bAmack seat

Hello

 I snCeaked a quick look in the Ammirror

She gave me a smile

  CI said "Is anyone hAmungry?

  C Should we stop for a while?" Am

CSo we pAmulled off into a layby Am

 Her drCess blew up over her hAmead

CI said "Would you like to cAmome with me?"

 She said C something foreign under her breath Am

 And the sFun shone down on her lCovely young limbs

 I thFought to myself she's much tCoo good for him

 I lFay down beside her with tCears in my eFyes

 She said G F C Am G F C C B

4:33 (Running Shoes)

Am So I stood by the roadside

 The soles of mGy rFunning shoes gripping the tarmac

 Like gunmeGtal mAmagnets G F G

 FAmixed on the front of her Fassbinder face

 Was thGe kFind of a smile

 That only a rather duGll cAmhild could have drawn

 While attempting a graveyard iGn the mFoonlight G

 BAmut she was impressed

 You could see that she thought I looGked Ffine

 AGnd wAmhen she turned sweeter

 The reason (between you anGd mFe) was

 She'd just seen my green LamboGrghAmini F

(You can play a barre-chord G in the middle of Am and F

and visa-versa to link them together)

Am So we wCent for a spin in the cAmountry

 To fCeel the wind in our hAmair

 To fCeel the power of my Amengine

 To fCeel the thrill of desAmire

C Am C Am F C F C G F C

 And tFhen in the trees I Cheard a twig snap

 WFarning lights flashed on my mCap

 I Fopened my eyes and tCo my surprise

4:37 (Arabs With Knives And West German Skies)

 There were GArabs with KnCives

 At the fFoot of the bAmed

 RGight at the fFoot of the bCed

 Oh my GCod how did they get Amin here?

 I thoCught we were safe home in AmEngland

 She said "CFome on now kid, it was wrCong what you dFid

 You've gGot to admFit it was wrCong what you dAmid

 You gGot to admFit it was wrCong"

Oh god....Jesus

 SleCep Sleep

 I know that I'm only dreGaming

Leave her alone..get out..out..get out of my house

 ThrCough closed eyes

 I see West German skies on the ceGiling

 And I wFant to get back to the girl with the rucksack

 To feCel her flaxen hair

 I want to be thGere

 See the sFun going down behind Krupps steelworks

C On the outskirts of sGome German town

 GCuten Abend meiner Damen und Herren Ha Ha Ha Ha

G7Willkommen in Konnigsburg Ha Ha Ha Ha

C Wollen zie danzen mit mir oder drinken Bier Ha Ha Ha Ha

G7 Thank you but......

 TF♯his young lFady and I

 Will just finish this bottle of wCine C7 G

 It was kFind of you...but

 I think we'll just say goodnCight

Leave us alone

Goodnight

"Leave us alone

  C Could I have the key to one four three please?

  F There you are

Thank you, goodnight

C F C

  HDmello yes I'd like to order breakfast please

  I'd like cEmoffee for two, and toast with marmalade

  G No...marmalade. G

4:39 (For The First Time Today Part 2)

 For the Cfirst time today

 I hFeld her naked bGody next to mCine

 In this hotFel overlAmooking the RhDm7ine

G I made her mGine

Am Ooh babe...oGoh babe C F Am Dm

 CGome with me and stGay with me Am

 PlFease stAmay with me

Uh...what is it?

F Stay with me

 SAmtay with me F

 SCtay with me F

No...

Am Stay with me F Am F

4:41 (Sexual Revolution)

Em Hey, girl take out the dagger

 And let's have a stab at the sCexual D revolEmution

EmHey girl let freedom for all be our rallying call

 TomCorrow lets make...our nDew resolEmution

 Yeah, but tonCight lie stDill

 While I plGunder yDour sweet grEmave

 And remCember Donly the poor can be Emsaved

EmHey girl as I've always said I prefer your lips red

 Not Cwhat the good Lord made D but what he inEmtended

EmHey girl don't point the finger at me

 I am only a Crat in a maze like youD and only the Emdead go free

 So Cplease hold my Dhand

 As we bGlunder thDrough the mEmaze

 And rCemember nDothing can grow without rEmain

(Thunder)

(Em C Em C Em C Em C )

Em C Em C D G D Em

CDon't poDint your Emfinger at me

G [G/f#] Em

I awoke in a fever

  G [G/f#] Em

The bedclothes were all soaked in sweat

  G [G/f#] Em

She said "You've been having a nightmare

G [G/f#] Em

And it's not over yet"

 Then she pCicked up the doggy in the wDindow

  G [G/f#] Em

(The one with the waggly tail)

 And she pCut him to bed D between two bits ofEm bread

4:47 (The Remains Of Our Love)

G [G/f#] Em

I just cowered in the corner

  G [G/f#] Em

My pyjama coat over my head

  G [G/f#] Em

And she smiled as she finished her sandwich

G [G/f#] Em

 And her cFold eyes fixed me to my dCark history F

 As she brGushed the remains

 Of our lFove from the bCed

 And wChen she had turned back the Amcovers

 When Call of the prayers had been rAmead

 She said "CFome on over here you silly boy

 Before you cFatch your death of cold

 I was only jCoking

 Let's lFeave behind the city grime

 Let's not compFete

 It could be fine in the cCountry

 CGouldn't it though...come Fon lets go

 I said "COK" F C F

4:50 (Go FIshing)

 To rGeach for the pie in the sky

 Go fishing my boy! Cm

Bsus4 B Cdim Bsus4 B Em C D

 We setBsus4 out in the spring

 With a trunk full of books about Deverything

 About Bsus4solar devices

 And how nice natural chDildbirth is

 We Cdimcut down some trees

And we trailed our ideals

 Through the Bsus4forest glade B

 We Cdimdammed up the stream

And the kids cooled their heels

 In the Bsus4fishing pool we'd made B

Em We held hands and weEm/D exchanged bands

 And we prCactically lived off the lDand

 You aBsus4dopted a fox cub

 Whose mother was somebody's cDoat

 YouBsus4 fed him by hand

And then snuggled him down

 In the grDandfather bed while I wrote

 We Cdimgrew our own maize

 And I only occasionally Bsus4went into town

 To sCdimtock up on antibiotics

 And shells for the sBsus4hotgun that I kept arBound

 I tEmold the kids stories whileEm/D you worked your loom

 And the sCun went down sooner each dDay.

  G *Chapter six in which Eeyore has a birthday

  ACnd gets two presents

  Daddy.D..coGme on dad

Eeyore the old grey donkey stood by the side

  Of the strCeam and he looked at himself in the water

  "Pathetic" he said, "ThDat's what it is"

Bsus4 B "GoDod morning Eeyore" said Pooh

Cdim Bsus4"Oh" said Pooh, He thought for a long time B

 Then the Bsus4leaves all fell down

Our crops all turned brown

 It was Dover

 As the Bsus4first snowflakes fell

 I realized all was not wDell in the camp

 The Cdimkids caught bronchitis

 The space heater ran out of Bsus4diesel B

 One wCdimeekend a friend from the East,

 Rot his soul, stole your Bsus4heart B

 I said Em "**** it then

 Take the Em/Dkids back to town

 MCaybe I'll see you arDound"

G C D G Am7 G C G B

Am7 And so...leGaving all our hopes and dreams

 To the wCind and the Am7rain D

 Taking Gonly our stash

 Left our Am7litter and trGash

 And sCet out on the road again

G/B On the Am7road agGain

  On the road again C

  On the rDoaGd Em

4:56 (For The First Time Today Part 1)

 For the fAmirst time today

 I fFeel it's really Gover C

 You were my Feveryday excDmuse

 For playing G deaf, dumb and bGlind

Am Who'd have ever thought

 ThFis was how it would Gend for you and mCe

 To carry my Fown millstDmone

 Out of the trGees G

Am And I have to admit

I don't like it a bit

 Being left here bFeside this lAmonesome road.

D/F♯ Lonesome road

4:58 Dunroamin Duncarin Dunlivin

C I nailed ducks to the Amwall

G C Kept my heart in dark rAmuins

 I bGuilt bCungalows all over the hAmills

 DGunrCoamin, duncarin, dunAmlivin

G C Took my girl to the cAmountry

GTo sleCep out under the mAmoon

 NCext thing she's going cAmrazy

GShe wCaits for the real Mr. AmRight to come

G GCently removing her hAmeart

 With his prFomises of real communicatGion

F♯Who's Falways picking up the tab

 Who built a bungalow for his mum and dCad

 Who tFook you out to all the shows

 Who worked his fingers to the bCone

 While you were aslGeep

 I kept you in buttons F♯and bFows

 So you could encourage this crCeep

 WF♯ith his F neat feet

 And his cleCan fingernails

 WF♯ith his wFise but twinkling Ceyes

 He's a rFock standing out in an Cocean of doubt

FAnd compromiseG

F♯I'd lFike to go on with this bCit of a song

F Describing this schmCuck

 I'd lFike to go on,G but I'm going to throw Cup

 [Not in my rig you don't boy...get the hell out of here]Am

5:01 The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking

Intro

A G C Am D G

 An Dmangel on a Harley

 Pulls across to greet a fellow rolling stAmone

 Puts his Dmbike up on it's stand

Leans back and then extends

 A scarred and greasy Amhand...he said

G How ya doin bro?...where ya been?...where ya gCoin'? Am

 Then he tDakes your hand

In some strange Californian handshake

 And breaks the bGone

 A hDmousewife from Encino

Whose husband's on the golf course

 With his bAmook of rules

 BrDmeaks and makes a 'U' and idles back

 To take a second look at yAmou

GYou flex your rod

 Fish takes the hCook Am

 Sweet vDodka and tobacco in her breath

G Another number in your little black book

C These are the pros and cons of Emhitchhiking

C These are the pros and cons of hEmitchhiking

D Oh babe, I must be drGeaming

 I'm stDmanding on the leading edge

 The Eastern seaboard spread before my Ameyes

 "JDmump" says Yoko Ono

 "I'm too scared and too good looking" I crAmied

 "GGo on", she says

 "Why don't you give it a tCry? Am

 WDhy prolong the agony all men must dGie"

Dm Am Dm Am C C/B Am G

Dm Do you remember Dick Tracy?

 Do you remember SAmhane?

And mother wants you

 Could you sDmee him selling tickets

 Where the buzzard circles over [SAmhane]

The body on the plain

 Did you Gunderstand the music Yoko

 Or was it all in vCain? [Shane] Am

 The *D**** said something mystical "Herro"

 So I stGepped back on the kerb again

C These are the pros and cons of hEmitchhiking

C These are the pros and cons of hEmitchhiking

D Oh babe, I must be drGeaming again

C These are the pros and cons of hEmitchhiking

5:06 (Every Stranger's Eyes)

  C Hello...you wanna cup of coffee?

  I'm sDmorry, would you like a cup of coffee?

  Ok you take crGeam and sugar?

 In trCuck stops and hamburger joints

In Cadillac limousines

 In the company of hDmas-beens

 And bent-backs G and sleeping forms

On pavement steps

 In lCibraries and railway stations

In books and banks

Dm In the pages of history

 In sGuicidal cavalry attacks

 I recognise... C C/B Am

F Myself in Gevery stranger's eCyes

 And in whCeelchairs by monuments

Under tube trains and commuter accidents

Dm In council care and county courts

G At Easter fairs and sea-side resorts

 In drCawing rooms and city morgues

In award winning photographs

Of life rafts in the China seas

 In trDmansit camps, under arc lamps

On unloading ramps

G In faces blurred by rubber stamps

 I recognise...C C/B Am

F Myself in Gevery stranger's Ceyes

 And nCow from whereC/B I sAmtand

 Upon this Dmhill I plundered from the pGool

 I look arCound, I search tC/Bhe sAmkies

 I shade my eDmyes, so nearly blGind

 And I see sCigns of half reC/Bmembered dAmays

 I hear bells tGhat chFime in strDmange familiar wayGs

 I recognCaiC/B----Amise...

F The hope you kGindle in your eyCes F

C F G C Am Dm G

CIts oh so easy now

 As we lFie here in the dGark

 Nothing Eminterferes it's obvious

 How to bAmeat the tears

 That thrDmeaten to snuff out

 The spGark of our lCove

5:11 (Moment Of Clarity)

 And the mComent of clarity

 Faded like charity dAmoes

AmAnd sometimes

 I pFut out my hand just to tCouch your soft hair

 To make sFure in the darkness that yCou were still there

 And I hFave to admit

 I wCas just a lAmittle afrGaid, F oh yCeah

 But tAmhen...

 I hFad a little bit of luck

You were awake

 I couldn't take another moment alCone.