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.