Legends chords by Aaron Watson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
  D MajorD            A minorAm            C majorC            G+G
e|-----0h2--0--0h2--------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
BB|-----3-------3----------|-----0h1--0--0h1--------|------------------------|------------------------|
G+G|------------------------|-----0h2-----0h2--------|----------0--0h2---0----|----------0-------------|
D MajorD|-0----------------------|------------------------|-----0h2----------------|-----0h2-----0h2---0----| x2
A augmentedA|------------------------|-0----------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-3----------------------|

Verse 1:
     D MajorD            A minorAm
Willie's riding shotgun, Waylon's sleepin' in the back
   C majorC                   G+G
Billy Graham is preaching about Jesus Christ with the Man in Black
     D MajorD             A minorAm
Lennon's talking politics, Dylan's mumblin' on his phone
  C majorC                      G+G
Ol' Kristofferson says turn it up Merle that's a Tom Petty song

Interlude:
D MajorD   A minorAm C majorC G+G
 Yeah

Verse 2:
  D MajorD               A minorAm
No, Elvis ain't dead, he just got tired of the velvet and the press
       C majorC                   G+G
He's hangin' out with Emmylou and Gram Parsons on a boat out in Key West
  D MajorD               A minorAm
And speaking of Memphis, the best blues band in town
      C majorC                     G+G
Plays every Tuesday night, Stevie Ray and Jimi tune it up and burn it down

Chorus:
D MajorD               A minorAm
 Just like my heroes, I'm as free as the wind
C majorC              G+G
Singing those old songs just like they did back then
     D MajorD         A minorAm
Some are here and some are gone
      C majorC             G+G
Old habits die hard and 🏷Legends live on and on

Verse 3:
  D MajorD            A minorAm
Somebody said they saw Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain
   C majorC                  G+G
At a little dive thirty miles outside the east side of L.A.
  D MajorD              A minorAm
Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper
    C majorC                  G+G
Are all hangin' out at Night Hawks drinking whiskey with Eddie Hopper

Chorus:
D MajorD               A minorAm
 Just like my heroes, I'm as free as the wind
C majorC              G+G
Singing those old songs just like they did back then
     D MajorD         A minorAm
Some are here and some are gone
      C majorC             G+G       D MajorD  A minorAm
Old habits die hard and 🏷Legends live on and on and on
       C majorC  G+G
🏷Legends live on

Bridge:
   D MajorD                 A minorAm
I had dream one night, one day I was at this South Texas café
    C majorC               G+G
Playing 42 with Townes Van Zandt and Ernest Hemmingway
    D MajorD                 A minorAm
We had Hank on the jukebox, burning that pipe tobacco slow
    C majorC                        G+G
My ol' man chimed in and said, "Kids these days need to dig deeper to find their soul"
D MajorD           A minorAm
 Can I get an amen?
             C majorC            G+G
Dig deeper to find your soul, better pick up that shovel and get to work

Chorus:
D MajorD              A minorAm
 Just like my heroes I'm as free as the wind
C majorC              G+G
Singing those old songs just like they did back then
     D MajorD    D/C D/B A minorAm
Some are here and some are gone
      C majorC             G+G
Old habits die hard and 🏷Legends live on and on
D MajorD              A minorAm
 Just like my heroes I'm as free as the wind
C majorC              G+G
Singing those old songs just like they did back then
     D MajorD         A minorAm
Some are here and some are gone
      C majorC             G+G       D MajorD
Old habits die hard and 🏷Legends live on and on and on
       A minorAm        C majorC
🏷Legends live on, 🏷Legends live on
       G+G       D MajorD
🏷Legends live on and on and on
       A minorAm        C majorC
🏷Legends live on, 🏷Legends live on
       G+G       D MajorD
🏷Legends live on and on and on
  A minorAm   C majorC   G+G
And on and on and on

Outro:
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G x3


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