Chords for Hippies & Gypsies (Original Song) - Alyssa Bonagura

Hippies and Gypsies is the song about my guitar that I found on the road.
I was on my way to Montana for a gig and _ we stopped in South Dakota at this tiny little
gas station.
We needed gas.
And this woman at the gas station was like, have you seen the Corn Palace in South Dakota?
And my dad was like, what's that?
And she said, well, it's this big place made out of ears of corn.
And so my dad comes back to the car.
He's like, we should go see the Corn Palace before we leave.
And my mom and I are like, come on, let's just get to the gig.
We gotta go.
I wanna see Montana.
And he goes, no, let's go see it.
So we [N] give in and we go see the Corn Palace.
_ And next door is a pawn shop.
And my dad is like, we have to go in and see if they have any guitars.
And he knew.
And there was a guitar that had been in there for three years.
It had no scratches on it.
It had never been played.
The original strings, the original case from 1963, all original.
And so my dad said, you gotta buy this guitar.
So I went in my savings account.
I was like, all right, this is how much I have.
Can you give it to me?
And he gave it to me.
And it's the story [G#m] of finding that guitar and how sometimes you just have to go and experience things.
Even if you wanna get somewhere fast, [D] sometimes it's really [B] important to just enjoy [C#] the little
stops along the way.
And that's what that song is about.
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_ _ _ _ And I thought I'd [D] be out of there [G] fast.
_ Next door was a store called Hippies and Gypsies, [D] treasures and forgotten [G] things.
_ So I walked inside and I stepped back in time [A] and thought I'm right where I'm [G] supposed to be.
_ [D] A guitar on the wall [C] was the first thing I saw.
[D] _ Lonely and looking [G] at me.
_ [D] And the man at the counter [C] said, if I take it down, [D] would you take time to tune [C] up [F] the strings?
_ [C] _ Cause most people are too in a hurry to enjoy the [A] journey.
_ Destination [G] unknown. _
It's all about everything.
Nothing's worth anything [D] until you make it [G] your own. _
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
So I started to play him by the look on his face.
I [D] could tell times have [G] been tough.
He said, I know it's worth more than I'm selling it for, but [D] it's just been gathering [G] dust. _ _
[D] He said he'd take cash and he [C] took all I had.
[D] But I sure am glad I [C] passed the rule.
He said, [F] yeah, I did [C] too.
Cause most [G] people are too in a hurry to enjoy the journey.
[A] _ _ Destination [G] unknown. _ _
It's all about everything.
Nothing's worth anything [A] until you [D] make it your own. _
Ooh, _ _ _ _ ooh. _
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Ooh, ooh.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] La-da-da.
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_ _ _ _ I pulled off the road [D] in somewhere South Dakota [A] to fill up the Bronco [G] gas.
_ Bought a bottle of water, a map of Montana.
[A] I thought I'd be out of [G] there _ fast.
Cause most people are too in a hurry to enjoy the journey
[A] _ _ Destination [G] unknown _ _
It's all about everything
Nothing's worth anything
[Am] Until [D] you make it [G] your own
Ooh, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
ooh, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] ooh
La da [D] da da _ [G] _ _ _
da
[A] La da [D] da da da
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