Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking Album Chords - Roger Waters

PROS AND CONS OF HITCHHIKING-ROGER WATERS


This is a great album, but before you start, you must learn this:

   C         Am                  C/B
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D------0h2------0h2------0h2----------|
A--3---------0--------0--------0-2----|
E-------------------------------------|
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...
This riff will be signified by a *********************/ 
at the beginning and ************/ ending of the riff

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4:30 (Apparently They Were Running Abroad)
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C    F     C    F    C    Dm    Em    G   G+    Am

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Am        C                    Am
We were moving away from the border
 C                         Am
Looking for somewhere to sleep
     C                      Am
The two of us sharing the driving
     C                          Am
Two hitchhikers slumped in the back seat
        Hello
    C                         Am  
I sneaked a quick look in the mirror
She gave me a smile
    C                  Am
    I said "Is anyone hungry?
  C                              Am   
    Should we stop for a while?"
C      Am                     Am
So we pulled off into a layby
      C                     Am
Her dress blew up over her head
C                          Am
I said "Would you like to come with me?"
         C                                    Am
She said   something foreign under her breath
*************************************************/         

         F                     C
And the sun shone down on her lovely young limbs
    F                           C
I thought to myself she's much too good for him
   F                        C           F
I lay down beside her with tears in my eyes
            G F *C Am  *G F C C/B...
She said

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4:33 (Running Shoes)
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Am
   So I stood by the roadside
             (G) F
The soles of my running shoes gripping the tarmac
         (G)   Am      (G)     F   (G)
Like gunmetal magnets
 Am
Fixed on the front of her Fassbinder face
     (G) F
Was the kind of a smile
                    (G)  Am
That only a rather dull child could have drawn
                             (G)     F         (G)
While attempting a graveyard in the moonlight
 Am
But she was impressed
                                   (G)  F
You could see that she thought I looked fine
(G)  Am
And when she turned sweeter
                         (G) F
The reason (between you and me) was
                             (G) Am       F 
She'd just seen my green Lamborghini

(You can play a barre-chord G in the middle of Am and F
and visa-versa to link them together)
*********************************************/ 
Am            C                      Am
       So we went for a spin in the country
    C                    Am
To feel the wind in our hair
    C                   Am
To feel the power of my engine
    C                    Am     
To feel the thrill of desire
*********************************************/  

C Am C Am  F C F C G F (C)

     F                  C
And then in the trees I heard a twig snap
 F                            C
Warning lights flashed on my map
  F                   C         
I opened my eyes and to my surprise

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4:37 (Arabs With Knives And West German Skies)
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           G            C
There were Arabs with Knives
        F           Am
At the foot of the bed
 G            F           C
Right at the foot of the bed
************************************************/       
       C                   Am
Oh my God how did they get in here?
     C                         Am
I thought we were safe home in England
*************************************************/         
           F                        C             F
She said "Come on now kid, it was wrong what you did
        G        F           C             Am
You've got to admit it was wrong what you did
     G        F           C
You got to admit it was wrong"
        Oh god....Jesus
   C
Sleep Sleep
                        G
I know that I'm only dreaming
Leave her alone..get out..out..get out of my house
   C
Through closed eyes
                                 G
I see West German skies on the ceiling
       F
And I want to get back to the girl with the rucksack
     C
To feel her flaxen hair
               G
I want to be there
         F
See the sun going down behind Krupps steelworks
C                      G
  On the outskirts of some German town
 C
Guten Abend meiner Damen und Herren Ha Ha Ha Ha
G7
Willkommen in Konnigsburg Ha Ha Ha Ha
C                                                      
  Wollen zie danzen mit mir oder drinken Bier Ha Ha Ha Ha
G7     
     Thank you but......
 F#         F
This young lady and I
                                 C   C7      G
Will just finish this bottle of wine
        F
It was kind of you...but
                            C
I think we'll just say goodnight
        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               
     
         Dm
        Hello yes I'd like to order breakfast please
                  Em
        I'd like coffee for two, and toast with marmalade
   G                     G+
        No...marmalade.

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4:39 (For The First Time Today Part 2)      
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        C
For the first time today
   F              G            C
I held her naked body next to mine
           F       Am           Dm7
In this hotel overlooking the Rhine
G             G+
  I made her mine
Am           G          C   F Am Dm 
 Ooh babe...ooh babe
 G                 G+           Am
Come with me and stay with me
  F      Am
Please stay with me
        Uh...what is it?
F
 Stay with me
 Am               F
Stay with me
 C                F
Stay with me
        No...
Am                 F          Am          F
   Stay with me

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4:41 (Sexual Revolution)
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Em
   Hey, girl take out the dagger
                              C     D      Em
And let's have a stab at the sexual   revolution
Em
Hey girl let freedom for all be our rallying call
   C                      D       Em
Tomorrow lets make...our new resolution
             C          D
Yeah, but tonight lie still
          G      D           Em
While I plunder your sweet grave
       C     D                    Em  
And remember only the poor can be saved

Em
Hey girl as I've always said I prefer your lips red
    C                       D                Em
Not what the good Lord made    but what he intended
Em                     
Hey girl don't point the finger at me
            C                     D             Em 
I am only a rat in a maze like you and only the dead go free
   C              D 
So please hold my hand
       G        D          Em
As we blunder through the maze
     C        D                        Em
And remember nothing can grow without rain
        (Thunder)

(Em C  Em C  Em C  Em C )

Em........... C.... Em    C D G D Em

C       D        Em
Don't point your finger 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"
          C                          D
Then she picked up the doggy in the window
     G            G/F#    Em
(The one with the waggly tail)
         C             D                   Em
And she put him to bed  between two bits of  bread

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4:47 (The Remains Of Our Love)
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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

         F                        C            F
And her cold eyes fixed me to my dark history
         G
As she brushed the remains
        F             C
Of our love from the bed
***************************************/      
     C                           Am
And when she had turned back the covers
     C                            Am
When all of the prayers had been read
***************************************/
           F
She said "Come on over here you silly boy
            F
Before you catch your death of cold
            C
I was only joking
       F
Let's leave behind the city grime
              F
Let's not compete
                         C
It could be fine in the country
 G                        F
Couldn't it though...come on lets go
        C          F       C        F...
I said "OK"

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4:50 (Go FIshing)
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    G
To reach for the pie in the sky
                          Cm      
Go fishing my boy!

   Bsus4  B  Cdim  Bsus4  B  Em  C  D

      Bsus4
We set out in the spring
                                 D
With a trunk full of books about everything
      Bsus4
About solar devices
                       D
And how nice natural childbirth is
   Cdim
We cut down some trees

And we trailed our ideals
            Bsus4          B
Through the forest glade
   Cdim
We dammed up the stream

And the kids cooled their heels
       Bsus4                     B
In the fishing pool we'd made
Em                    Em/D
  We held hands and we  exchanged bands
         C                        D
And we practically lived off the land
     Bsus4
You adopted a fox cub
                             D
Whose mother was somebody's coat
   Bsus4
You fed him by hand

And then snuggled him down
         D
In the grandfather bed while I wrote
   Cdim
We grew our own maize
                        Bsus4
And I only occasionally went into town
    Cdim
To stock up on antibiotics
                    Bsus4                B
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around
   Em                        Em/D
I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
         C                         D
And the sun went down sooner each day.
     G  
       *Chapter six in which Eeyore has a birthday
         C
        And gets two presents
              D   G
        Daddy...come on dad

        Eeyore the old grey donkey stood by the side
                  C
        Of the stream and he looked at himself in the water
                               D
        "Pathetic" he said, "That's what it is"
Bsus4 B    D        
        "Good morning Eeyore" said Pooh
Cdim    Bsus4                                      B
        "Oh" said Pooh, He thought for a long time
         
         Bsus4
Then the leaves all fell down

Our crops all turned brown
       D
It was over
       Bsus4
As the first snowflakes fell
                        D
I realized all was not well in the camp
    Cdim
The kids caught bronchitis
                            Bsus4   B
The space heater ran out of diesel
     Cdim
One weekend a friend from the East,
                         Bsus4  B
Rot his soul, stole your heart
       Em
I said   "**** it then
         Em/D
Take the kids back to town
 C                   D
Maybe I'll see you around"

  G     C   D G  Am7 G C  G/B

Am7           G
   And so...leaving all our hopes and dreams
        C           Am7      D
To the wind and the rain
       G
Taking only our stash
         Am7          G
Left our litter and trash
     C
And set out on the road again
G/B        Am7    G
    On the road again
                          C
    On the road again
            D G    Em
    On the road 
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4:56 (For The First Time Today Part 1)
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         Am
For the first time today
   F               G        C
I feel it's really over
            F           Dm
You were my everyday excuse
            G                 G+
For playing   deaf, dumb and blind
Am
  Who'd have ever thought
  F                   G                C
This was how it would end for you and me
            F         Dm
To carry my own millstone
             G         G+
Out of the trees
Am
   And I have to admit

I don't like it a bit
                 F           Am
Being left here beside this lonesome road.
D/F#
    Lonesome road
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4:58 Dunroamin Duncarin Dunlivin
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************************************/
C                       Am
  I nailed ducks to the wall
G C                       Am
   Kept my heart in dark ruins
   G     C                      Am
I built bungalows all over the hills
 G  C                   Am
Dunroamin, duncarin, dunlivin
G C                     Am
   Took my girl to the country
G     C                 Am
To sleep out under the moon
 C                      Am
Next thing she's going crazy
************************************/
G    C                     Am
She waits for the real Mr. Right to come
G   C                   Am
   Gently removing her heart
           F                        G
With his promises of real communication
F#    F
Who's always picking up the tab
                                      C
Who built a bungalow for his mum and dad
     F
Who took you out to all the shows
                               C
Who worked his fingers to the bone
                  G
While you were asleep       
                      F#   F
I kept you in buttons and bows
                              C
So you could encourage this creep
 F#      F
With his   neat feet
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