Hitchiker chords By John Denver Guitar Chords

      F                            Gm
If you're riding down the road and you come across an old man
C7                           F
holding out his thumb in the wind.
Gm                        Dm
Clothes are old and dirty, that doesn't matter,
         G7                            C 
it's his eyes that tell you where he's been.
F                                 Gm
If you're not afraid to take your chances on a stranger,
C7                            F
he might have some company to lend.
Gm                            Dm
Pull off to the side, let the old man have a ride. 
      G7                                 C
He'll tell you all the crazy things he's seen.

       G#       D#      F                          C
I'm an old hitchhiker, highway is the only home I know.
          G#                            D#
Where you headed, I don't mind. I ain't been there in some time,
         G7                         C
but it's just exactly where I wanna go.

      C                             Gm
I can tell you how I started in the circus as a barker 
C7                             F
calling people in from far and wide.
     Gm                   Dm
They never did regret the dollar that it cost them,
   G7                             C 
we always left 'em feeling good inside.
        F                          Gm
We were headed for Montana when we hired us a dancer, 
    C7                            F
her beauty it was more than I can say.
     Gm                          Dm
Then one summer night she set my soul on fire, 
        G7                             C
Lord, I wish that she was here with me today.

       G#       D#      F                                C
I'm an old hitchhiker, wonder what's awaiting round the bend.
        G#                             D#
I don't know what I might see, I don't need no guarantee,
       G7                                C
just a ride from here to there and back again.

      F                     Gm
I was only seventeen when I took the open highway,
C7                           F 
took it for my teacher and a friend.
          Gm                        Dm
I've been thirty years of thumbing, some might call it bumming,
     G7                             C
it's better than just crying in the wind.
          F                             Gm
If you're driving down the road and you come across an old man,
C7                           F
holding out his thumb in the rain.
        Gm                            Dm
You can pull off to the side, let the poor boy have a ride,
       G7                                 C
he can tell you all the crazy things he's seen.

       G#       D#      F                              C
I'm an old hitchhiker, looking to the far side of the hill.
            G#                            D#
Some people say I'll settle down, build a home in some small town.
    G7                         C
But in my heart I know I never will, 
       G#       D#       F     C    F
I'm an old hitchhiker.