Legends chords by Aaron Watson

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
   D                        Am                       C                        G
e|-----0h2--0--0h2--------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|-----3-------3----------|-----0h1--0--0h1--------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|-----0h2-----0h2--------|----------0--0h2---0----|----------0-------------|
D|-0----------------------|------------------------|-----0h2----------------|-----0h2-----0h2---0----| x2
A|------------------------|-0----------------------|-3----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-3----------------------|

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

Interlude:
D     Am  C  G
  Yeah

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro:
D  Am  C  G  x3


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