G                            Am
If you're driving down the road and you come across an old man,
  D7                          G
Holding out his thumb in the wind.
      Am                     Em
His clothes are old and dirty, that doesn't matter.
          A7                            D
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.
 D7                            G
He might have some company to lend.
 Am                             Em
Pull off to the side, let that old man have a ride.
        A7                                 D
He can tell you all the crazy things he's seen.
          Bb    F
I'm an old hitchhiker.
       G                         D
The highway is the only home I know.
              Bb
Where you're headed I don't mind.
         F
I ain't been there in some time
          A7                          D
And it's just exactly where I want to go.
          G                          Am
I can tell you how I started in the circus as a barker.
  D7                            G
Drawing people in from far and wide.
      Am                    Em
They never did regret the dollar that it cost them.
     A7                             D
We always left them feeling good inside.
          G                         Am
We were headed for Montana when we hired us a dancer.
      D7                           G
Her beauty it was more than I can say.
 Am                              Em
Then one summer night she set my soul on fire.
           A7                           D
Lord, I wish that she was here with me today
         Bb     F
I'm an old hitchhiker.
 G                                D
Wonder what's awaiting round the bend
   Bb                                      F
I don't know what I might see, I don't need no guarantee
        A7                                D
Just a ride from here to there and back again.
       G                     Am
I was only seventeen when I took the open highway.
 D7                            G
Took it for my teacher and a friend.
            Am                      Em
I've been thirty years a thumbing, some might call it bumming,
       A7                            D
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,
 D7                           G
Holding out his thumb in the rain.
        Am                              Em
You can pull off to the side, let the poor boy have a ride.
        A7                            D
He can tell you all the crazy things he's seen.
         Bb     F
I'm an old hitchhiker.
  G                             D
Looking to the far side of the hill
            Bb
Some people say I'll settle down
         F
Build a home in some small town
   A7                         D
Within my heart I know I never will
         Bb   F
I'm an old hitchhiker.