Hitchin' a Ride guitar cover

Guitar: Fender Stratocaster MIJ `87

Pickup: Custom humbucker

Strings: Dean Markeley Blue Steel 10-46

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Hitchin' a Ride lyrics & chords

INTRO
B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x2

VERSE 1
B5       A5          Ab5          G5
Hey mister, where you headed?
B5         A5      Ab5   G5
Are you in a hurry?
B5 A5     Ab5    G5
I need a lift to happy hour.
        B5  A5  Ab5  G5
Say oh no.
B5            A5           Ab5          G5
Do you brake for distilled spirits?
B5              A5           Ab5  G5
I need a break as well.
B5      A5         Ab5  G5             
The well that inebriates the guilt.
B5       A5 Ab5              G5
One, two, one, two, three, four.

BRIDGE 1
B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x3
B5  A5  Ab5

VERSE 2
B5      A5           Ab5       G5 B5                  A5           Ab5  G5
Cold turkey's getting stale, tonight I'm eating crow.
B5    A5         Ab5     G5                B5     A5 Ab5 G5
Fermented salmonella poison oak no
B5               A5                    Ab5             G5     B5                       A5     Ab5    G5
There's a drought at the fountain of youth, and now I'm dehydrating.
B5   A5                Ab5    G5               B5        A5 Ab5             G5
My tongue is swelling up, as say one, two, one, two, three, four.

B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x4

CHORUS
E5             F#5                B5*     A5*      Ab5  G5
Troubled times, you know I cannot lie.
E5                                            F#5
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin' a ride.

BRIDGE 2
B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x2

VERSE 3
B5                A5                    Ab5            G5    B5                        A5     Ab5   G5
There's a drought at the fountain of youth, and now I'm dehydrating.
B5   A5                Ab5    G5
My tongue is swelling up, I say shit!

SOLO
B5  D5  G5  F#5  x8

CHORUS
E5             F#5                B5*     A5*      Ab5  G5
Troubled times, you know I cannot lie.
E5                                            F#5         B5* D5  G5  F#5
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin' a ride.
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*          A5*         Ab5        
Hitchin' a ride, say one, say one, day

OUTRO
B6/F#


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day

TUNING: E (eBGDAE) How to read these chord schemes?

B5 799xxx

A5 577xxx

Ab5 466xxx

G5 355xxx

E5 022xxx

F#5 244xxx

D5 x577xx

A5* x022xx

B6/F# 797897

Hitchin' a Ride lyrics & chords

INTRO
B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x2

VERSE 1
B5       A5          Ab5          G5
Hey mister, where you headed?
B5         A5      Ab5   G5
Are you in a hurry?
B5 A5     Ab5    G5
I need a lift to happy hour.
        B5  A5  Ab5  G5
Say oh no.
B5            A5           Ab5          G5
Do you brake for distilled spirits?
B5              A5           Ab5  G5
I need a break as well.
B5      A5         Ab5  G5             
The well that inebriates the guilt.
B5       A5 Ab5              G5
One, two, one, two, three, four.

BRIDGE 1
B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x3
B5  A5  Ab5

VERSE 2
B5      A5           Ab5       G5 B5                  A5           Ab5  G5
Cold turkey's getting stale, tonight I'm eating crow.
B5    A5         Ab5     G5                B5     A5 Ab5 G5
Fermented salmonella poison oak no
B5               A5                    Ab5             G5     B5                       A5     Ab5    G5
There's a drought at the fountain of youth, and now I'm dehydrating.
B5   A5                Ab5    G5               B5        A5 Ab5             G5
My tongue is swelling up, as say one, two, one, two, three, four.

B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x4

CHORUS
E5             F#5                B5*     A5*      Ab5  G5
Troubled times, you know I cannot lie.
E5                                            F#5
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin' a ride.

BRIDGE 2
B5  A5  Ab5  G5  x2

VERSE 3
B5                A5                    Ab5            G5    B5                        A5     Ab5   G5
There's a drought at the fountain of youth, and now I'm dehydrating.
B5   A5                Ab5    G5
My tongue is swelling up, I say shit!

SOLO
B5  D5  G5  F#5  x8

CHORUS
E5             F#5                B5*     A5*      Ab5  G5
Troubled times, you know I cannot lie.
E5                                            F#5         B5* D5  G5  F#5
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin' a ride.
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*  D5  G5  F#5
Hitchin' a ride. (Dont know where to go)
                  B5*          A5*         Ab5        
Hitchin' a ride, say one, say one, day

OUTRO
B6/F#


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day

Hitchin' a Ride guitar lesson

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THIS SONG IS FROM “Nimrod” 1997

How to read these chord schemes

1 - chord name, 2 - chord designation, 3 - chord scheme

Chord name

There is the name of a chord before the symbols. If it's "*" added to a name, it means that this chord is played in different positions during the song.

Chord designation

There are 6 symbols in a designation, read it from left to right. The first symbol defines the thickest string (6th string), the second symbol defines 5th string and so on.

"0" means open string

"x" means this string isnt played

"Number" means number of a fret.

Example:

x02220

6th string isnt played
5th string is open
4th string is played on 2nd fret
3rd string is played on 2nd fret
2nd string is played on 2nd fret
1st string is open

Chord scheme

Imagine that you are looking at the fret while playing guitar - the closest string to your eyes is the 6th, the thickest string. There are 6 horizontal lines defines strings, the upper one is the thinnest string (1st string).
And there are 4 lines defined frets - no exact frets numbers defined.
In some schemes there is a thick line on the left - it defines the nut.

"0" means open string
"x" means this string isnt played
Fat dots mean fingers positions

Example:

G5 355xxx

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