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Introdução:
G Am
If you're riding down the road and you come across an old man
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holding out his thumb in the wind.
Am Em
Clothes are old and dirty, that doesn't matter,
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it's his eyes that tell you where he's been.
G Am
If you're not afraid to take your chances on a stranger,
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he might have some company to lend.
Am Em
Pull off to the side, let the old man have a ride.
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He'll tell you all the crazy things he's seen.
Bb F G D
I'm an old hitchhiker, highway is the only home I know.
Bb F
Where you headed, I don't mind. I ain't been there in some time,
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but it's just exactly where I wanna go.
D Am
I can tell you how I started in the circus as a barker
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calling people in from far and wide.
Am Em
They never did regret the dollar that it cost them,
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we always left 'em feeling good inside.
G Am
We were headed for Montana when we hired us a dancer,
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her beauty it was more than I can say.
Am Em
Then one summer night she set my soul on fire,
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Lord, I wish that she was here with me today.
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I'm an old hitchhiker, wonder what's awaiting round the bend.
Bb F
I don't know what I might see, I don't need no guarantee,
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just a ride from here to there and back again.
G Am
I was only seventeen when I took the open highway,
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took it for my teacher and a friend.
Am Em
I've been thirty years of thumbing, some might call it bumming,
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it's better than just crying in the wind.
G Am
If you're driving down the road and you come across an old man,
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holding out his thumb in the rain.
Am Em
You can pull off to the side, let the poor boy have a ride,
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he can tell you all the crazy things he's seen.
Bb F G D
I'm an old hitchhiker, looking to the far side of the hill.
Bb F
Some people say I'll settle down, build a home in some small town.
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But in my heart I know I never will,
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I'm an old hitchhiker.