Hitchin' A Ride
Green Day
nimrod. (1997)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: Normal
Notes: The main riff appears throughout the song, just vary the
strumming pattern and intesity according to which part you're at.
The solo is octaves on the D and B strings, just strum as fast as
you can.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord

Intro (violin arranged for guitar)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------8-----------------------------------------------|
G|------8h9-11----11--9-8h9p8-----------------------------------|
D|-9h10-----------------------10--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------x-x----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------x-x----------------------------|

Verse
   B5   A5   G#5  G5  (x4)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9-9-x7-7-x6-6-x5-5-------------------------------------------|
E|-7-7-x5-5-x4-4-x3-3-------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus
   B5   A5   G#5  G5  (x4)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9--7-7--6-6--5-5-------------------------------------------|
A|-9-9-x7-7-x6-6-x5-5-------------------------------------------|
E|-7-7-x5-5-x4-4-x3-3-------------------------------------------|

Chorus
   E5   F#5               E5   F#5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------(main riff)----------------------------------------|
D|-2----4-----------------2----4--------------------------------|
A|-2----4-----------------2----4--------------------------------|
E|-0----2-----------------0----2--------------------------------|

Solo (strum really fast)
Guitar 1                             |       x3       |
e|-----------------------------------|----------------|---------|
B|-12--15---12--8--7---12--15---17-b-|-17--15--12--15-|-12--15--|
G|-x---x----x---x--x---x---x----x----|-x---x---x---x--|-x---x---|
D|-9---12---9---5--4---9---12---14-b-|-14--12--9---12-|-9---12--|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------|---------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------|---------|
          |       x2       |
e|--------|----------------|------------------------------------|
B|-12--10-|-12--15--17--15-|-17b--------------------------------|
G|-x---x--|-x---x---x---x--|-x----------------------------------|
D|-9---7--|-9---12--14--12-|-14b--------------------------------|
A|--------|----------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------|----------------|------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
   B5   D5   G5   F#5  (x8)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4----7-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4----7----5----4---------------------------------------------|
A|-2----5----5----4---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------3----2---------------------------------------------|

End
   B5   D5   G5   F#5  (x7)  B5   A5   G#5 (over last G#5)   B6
e|-----------------------------------------------------------4--|
B|--------------------------------------------17b------------4--|
G|-4----7-------------------------------------x--------------4--|
D|-4----7----5----4----------9----7----6------14b------------4--|
A|-2----5----5----4----------9----7----6---------------------2--|
E|-----------3----2----------7----5----4------------------------|


Order

Intro (violin intro, main riff x2)
Verse 1
Verse 2
Pre-Chorus (last G5 omitted)
Verse 3
Verse 4
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Verse chords x2
Verse 4 (skip last rep)
Solo
Chorus
End


Lyrics

Hey mister, where you headed
Are you in a hurry?				(Verse 1)
Need a lift to happy hour
Say "Oh no"

Do you brake for distilled spirits
Need a break as well				(Verse 2)
The well that inebriates the guilt
1..2..1..2..3..4

Cold turkey's gettin stale
Tonight I'm eatin crow
Fermented salmonella				(Verse 3)
Poison oak, no

There's a drought at the fountain of youth
Now I'm dehydrating				(Verse 4)
My tongue is swelling up, I say
1..2..1..2..3..4

Troubled times
You know I cannot lie				(Chorus)
I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin a ride

(Verse 4)(replace "1..2..1..2..3..4" with scream)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)

(Don't know where I'm goin)
Hitchin' a ride					(End)