Unknown Legend Chords

by Neil Young
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Capo: no capo
Author robingregory [a] 61.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jun 22, 2021
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Chords

G
C

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[Intro riff]
 
             G               G               G
 
e|------------3---------------3---------------3----|
B|------------0---------------0---------------0----|
G|------------0---------------0---------------0----|
D|--------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0----|
A|--2--3------2-----3--2------2-----2--3------2----|
E|------------3---------------3---------------3----|
 
             C               G
 
e|------------0---------------3----|
B|------------1---------------0----|
G|------------0---------------0----|
D|------------2-----------0---0----|
A|--3--2------3---------------2----|
E|--------0---x-----0--3------3----|
 
 
[Verse]
 
G
She used to work in a diner, never saw a woman look finer
                                                   C
I used to order just to watch her float across the floor
                 G
She grew up in a small town, never put her roots down
 
Daddy always kept movin', so she did too.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
               C      G                   C      G
Somewhere on a desert highway she rides a Harley Davidson
                                   C                         G
Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind. She's been runnin' half her life
               C         G                                     C
The chrome and steel she rides collidin' with the very air she breathes
            G
The air she breathes.
 
 
[Repeat intro riff]
 
 
[Verse]
 
G
You know it ain't easy, you got to hold on
                                 C
She was an unknown legend in her time.
                   G
Now she's dressin' two kids, lookin' for a magic kiss
 
She gets the far away look in her eyes.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
               C      G                    C      G
Somewhere on a desert highway, she rides a Harley Davidson
                                   C                         G
Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind. She's been runnin' half her life
               C         G                                     C
The chrome and steel she rides collidin' with the very air she breathes
            G
The air she breathes.
 
     G         C   G
e|---3--7--10--12--12--10----10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
         C           G
e|---7\5--3-----3----------------------------------------|
B|-----------5--------3----------------------------------|
G|-----------------4-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
               C      G                    C      G
Somewhere on a desert highway, she rides a Harley Davidson
                                   C                         G
Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind. She's been runnin' half her life
               C         G                                      C
The chrome and steel she rides, collidin' with the very air she breathes
            G
The air she breathes.
 
              G               G               G
e|------------3---------------3---------------3----|
B|------------0---------------0---------------0----|
G|------------0---------------0---------------0----|
D|--------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0----|
A|--2--3------2-----3--2------2-----2--3------2----|
E|------------3---------------3---------------3----|
 
              C
e|------------0---------------|
B|------------1---------------|
G|------------0---------------|
D|------------2-----------0---| Let D note ring out
A|--3--2------3---------------|
E|--------0---x-----0--3------|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| x  Dead note
| \  Slide down
 
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16 comments
gracelillian
Great tab. Right on.
+4
Skian
Nice tab - I hear the last verse like this --> not right or wrong. G C G You know it ain't easy, you got to hold on C She was an unknown legend in her time. G C G Now she's dressin' two kids, lookin' for a magic kiss C She gets the far away look in her eyes.
+2
etw500
Strumming pattern please?
+2