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I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8Th Avenue by Jeffrey Lewis
I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8Th Avenue
Capo:no capo
D G D A
I saw a hippie girl on 8th Avenue, She barely looked at me for a second or two
D G D A
And it was then that I realised I no longer looked like a hippie, aah-aah
Chorus
G
I had a great pair of bellbottoms
A
I had two
G
my friend borrowed one
A
and the other I outgrew
G
and now to the eye
A
I'm turning into another
D A
non-descript guy
I saw a hippy girl on 8th avenue
She barely looked at me for a second or two
And I suddenly realized I no longer looked much like a hippy
Mmmmm
She had a long thin dress and rainbow clothes
Not long ago I wore one of those
But now-a-days I guess I don't dress very much like anything
Mmmmm
I had a great pair of bellbottoms, I had two
My friend borrowed one and the other I outgrew
And now to the eye I'm turning into another non-descript guy
But I still travel light and my hair is still long
I still hate deodorant and I still sing songs
But over the years I've noticed I'm not dressing as colourfully and psychedelic as I used to
'Cause I wore my tye-dyes until they rotted to shreds
And I can no longer follow The Grateful Dead
And it's gotten to the point where I don't even identify with most Phish fans anymore
And someday soon I know I'll cut my hair
And a week after that I know I won't even care
Is that what it comes to all along
Everything that you feel will one day feel wrong
I was talking to my friend Eric
Just to see what he thunk
And he said "Jeff, it's weird
But I no longer look like a punk
I guess we don't need our clothes for an identity crutch"
And we looked at each other and we didn't look like much
And we looked out at the world like a movie theatre
At all the hippies and the punks and the skinheads and the skaters
And someday or other maybe sooner or later they'll come to the realization
That what's important is whether you can carry on a human conversation
It's not what you wear on the outside
It's how you think and feel on the inside
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version 2
Capo:no capo
Standard tuningC:
Here's the chords for the first verse and chorus just so you see how it all
fits in with
the lyrics:
D G D A
I saw a hippie girl on 8th Avenue, She barely looked at me for a second or two
D G D A
And it was then that I realised I no longer looked like a hippie, aah-aah
Chorus
G
I had a great pair of bellbottoms
A
I had two
G
my friend borrowed one
A
and the other I outgrew
G
and now to the eye
A
I'm turning into another
D A
non-descript guy
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And now the tabs C:
VERSE
D G D A
e|------2-------|--------3--------|------2-------|-------0---------|
B|--3-----3---3-|---3-------3---3-|--3-----3---3-|--2-------2----2-|
G|----2-----2---|-------------0---|----2-----2---|-----2-------2---|X4
D|0-------------|-----0-----------|0-------------|2----------------|
A|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
E|--------------|-3---------------|--------------|-----------------|
CHORUS
G A
e|-------3---------|--------0----------|
B|---3-------3---3-|--2--------2----2--|
G|-------------0---|-----2--------2----|X3
D|-----0-----------|-2-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------|
E|-3---------------|-------------------|
AND then on the last little part
(G
and now to the eye
A
I'm turning into another
D A
non-descript guy)
You do this =D :
Guy...
D A
e|---------2---------|--------0-----------------|
B|---3--------3----3-|---2--------2------2------|
G|------2--------2---|------2---------2---------|
D|0------------------|-2------------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------------|
THE END
I saw a hippy girl on 8th avenue
She barely looked at me for a second or two
And I suddenly realized I no longer looked much like a hippy
Mmmmm
She had a long thin dress and rainbow clothes
Not long ago I wore one of those
But now-a-days I guess I don't dress very much like anything
Mmmmm
I had a great pair of bellbottoms, I had two
My friend borrowed one and the other I outgrew
And now to the eye I'm turning into another non-descript guy
But I still travel light and my hair is still long
I still hate deodorant and I still sing songs
But over the years I've noticed I'm not dressing as colourfully and psychedelic as I used to
'Cause I wore my tye-dyes until they rotted to shreds
And I can no longer follow The Grateful Dead
And it's gotten to the point where I don't even identify with most Phish fans anymore
And someday soon I know I'll cut my hair
And a week after that I know I won't even care
Is that what it comes to all along
Everything that you feel will one day feel wrong
I was talking to my friend Eric
Just to see what he thunk
And he said "Jeff, it's weird
But I no longer look like a punk
I guess we don't need our clothes for an identity crutch"
And we looked at each other and we didn't look like much
And we looked out at the world like a movie theatre
At all the hippies and the punks and the skinheads and the skaters
And someday or other maybe sooner or later they'll come to the realization
That what's important is whether you can carry on a human conversation
It's not what you wear on the outside
It's how you think and feel on the inside
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
only 3 chords (G can also be played as a Gm)
G C
I saw a hippy girl on 8th avenue
G D
She barely looked at me for a second or two
G C G
And I suddenly realized I no longer looked much like a hippy
D
Mmmmm
G C
She had a long thin dress and rainbow clothes
G D
Not long ago I wore one of those
G C G
But now-a-days I guess I don't dress very much like anything
D
Mmmmm
C D
I had a great pair of bellbottoms, I had two
C D
My friend borrowed one and the other I outgrew
C D G D
And now to the eye I'm turning into another non-descript guy
G C
But I still travel light and my hair is still long
G D
I still hate deoderant and I still sing songs
G C G
But over the years I've noticed I'm not dressing as colourfully and psychedelic
D
as I used to
G C
'Cause I wore my tye-dyes until they rotted to shreds
G D
And I can no longer follow The Greatful Dead
G C G
And it's gotten to the point where I don't even identify with most Phish fans
D
anymore
C D
And someday soon I know I'll cut my hair
C D
And a week after that I know I won't even care
C D
Is that what it comes to all along?
C D
Everything that you feel will one day feel wrong
G
I was talking to my friend Eric
C
Just to see what he thunk
G
And he said "Jeff, it's weird
D
But I no longer look like a punk
G C
I guess we don't need our clothes for an identity crutch"
G D
And we looked at each other and we didn't look like much
G C
And we looked out at the world like a movie theatre
G D
At all the hippies and the punks and the skinheads and the skaters
G C G
And someday or other maybe sooner or later they'll come to the realization
D C
That what's important is whether you can carry on a human conversation
D
It's not what you wear on the outside
C G
It's how you think and feel on the inside
I saw a hippy girl on 8th avenue
She barely looked at me for a second or two
And I suddenly realized I no longer looked much like a hippy
Mmmmm
She had a long thin dress and rainbow clothes
Not long ago I wore one of those
But now-a-days I guess I don't dress very much like anything
Mmmmm
I had a great pair of bellbottoms, I had two
My friend borrowed one and the other I outgrew
And now to the eye I'm turning into another non-descript guy
But I still travel light and my hair is still long
I still hate deodorant and I still sing songs
But over the years I've noticed I'm not dressing as colourfully and psychedelic as I used to
'Cause I wore my tye-dyes until they rotted to shreds
And I can no longer follow The Grateful Dead
And it's gotten to the point where I don't even identify with most Phish fans anymore
And someday soon I know I'll cut my hair
And a week after that I know I won't even care
Is that what it comes to all along
Everything that you feel will one day feel wrong
I was talking to my friend Eric
Just to see what he thunk
And he said "Jeff, it's weird
But I no longer look like a punk
I guess we don't need our clothes for an identity crutch"
And we looked at each other and we didn't look like much
And we looked out at the world like a movie theatre
At all the hippies and the punks and the skinheads and the skaters
And someday or other maybe sooner or later they'll come to the realization
That what's important is whether you can carry on a human conversation
It's not what you wear on the outside
It's how you think and feel on the inside
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