Vanity Fare - Hitchin A Ride guitar chord

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Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 18:47:18 -0800

From: Collins Crapo

Subject: Update on .../v/vanity_fare/hitchin_a_ride.crd

HITCHIN' A RIDE

written by Murray/Callander

performed by Vanity Fare (a one-hit group)

tab transcribed by Collins Crapo

C / / / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 /

A thumb goes up, a car goes by

It's nearly 1 AM and here am I

F G7 C

Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride

F G7 C

Gotta get me home by the mornin' light

Verse 2:

I've got no fare to ride a train

I'm nearly drownin' in the pourin' rain

Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride

Gotta get me home to my baby's side

CHORUS:

F G7 C

Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride

F G7 C

Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride

Verse 3:

Long-distance call I got today

She sounded lonely, so I'm on my way

Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride

Gotta get me home to keep her satisfied

(instrumental: 2 measures of drum solo, 4 of C, 8 of C7)

(chorus)

Verse 4:

A thumb goes up, a car goes by

Won't somebody stop and help a guy

Hitchin' a ride, hitchin' a ride

Been away too long from my baby's side

(chorus)

(repeat and fade):

C7

Ride, ride

NOTE: The above tab approximates the recording. However, I like to play it

differently: I substitute the middle instrumental for one patterned after a

verse minus its last line. Then, instead of the ending coda, I repeat the

chorus and fade.