Prairie Wind tab by Neil Young

Tabs

Here are the riffs in this song:

Riff 1:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------|
G:-------7--5------------------------------------------|
D:-----------7-5---5-------3---------------------------|
A:---------------8---8-5-3---5-------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2:
E:--------6---\----8-8-8---/----6--6-6-6---------------|
B:--------6---\----8-8-8---/----6--6-6-6--8-6----------|
G:-----------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------|
G:-------7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
D:-------------------7-h9-h10-7------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------|
G:-------7---5-----------------------------------------|
D:-------------7-5-------------------------------------|
A:-----------------8--5--------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 5:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------|
G:------6-/-7---7-7-5----------------------------------|
D:--------------------7-5---5-3------------------------|
A:------------------------8----------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 6:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------|
G:------7--5---5---------------------------------------|
D:-----------7-----5-------3---------------------------|
A:---------------8---8-5-3---5-------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 7:
E:--------6---\----8--8--8-8--/---6--------------------|
B:--------6---\----8--8--8-8--/---6-8------------------|
G:-----------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 8:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:------6--/--7----------------------------------------|
G:------6--/--7-7-5--5---------------------------------|
D:---------------------7---5---------------------------|
A:-----------------------5-----------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 9:
E:-----------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------|
G:--------7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5------------------------------|
D:----------------------------3------------------------|
A:------------------------5-3---5----------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------|

Intro:
G minorGm / / / / F minorFm / / / /   Riff 1

G minorGm / / / / F minorFm / / / /   Riff 2

G minorGm / / / / F minorFm / / / /

G minorGm / / / / F minorFm / / / /   Riff 3

G minorGm / / / / F minorFm / / / /

Verse:
DmDm                  G minorGm   F minorFm
Tryin to remember what my daddy said
DmDm                   G minorGm   F minorFm
Before to much time took away his head
DmDm                                G minorGm   F minorFm
He Said were goin back and I´ll show you what I´m talking about
DmDm
Goin back to Cypress river back to the old farm house
G minorGm   F minorFm   Riff 1

Chorus:
DmDm                 Riff 1
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                  Riff 1
Tryin to remember what my daddy said
G minorGm                 DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head

Verse:
DmDm                            G minorGm  F minorFm
I try to tell the people but they never hear a word I say
DmDm                            G minorGm F minorFm
They say there´s nothin' out there but wheatfields anyway
DmDm                          G minorGm   F minorFm
Just the farmer´s wife hangin laundry in her backyard
DmDm
Out on the prairie where the winds blow long and hard
G minorGm   F minorFm   Riff 1

Chorus:
DmDm                 Riff 4
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 Riff 1
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                  DmDm
Tryin to remember what my daddy said
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm  G minorGm F minorFm DmDm  G minorGm F minorFm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head

Verse:
DmDm                       DmDm G minorGm F minorFm  x2
Late at night light dancin in the northern sky
DmDm                        DmDm G minorGm F minorFm  x2
Like the indian spirits tryin show you how to fly
DmDm                         DmDm G minorGm F minorFm x2
You can see in to the future but it may be a´mirage
DmDm                      G minorGm  F minorFm  Riff 1
Like a new car sittin there in your old garage

Chorus:
DmDm                 Riff 5
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 Riff 6
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 Riff 1
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm             F minorFm    G minorGm DmDm G minorGm F minorFm DmDm G minorGm F minorFm
Tryin to remember what my daddy said

Verse:
DmDm                             G minorGm F minorFm
There´s a place on the prairie where evil and goodness play
DmDm                            G minorGm F minorFm
Daddy told me all about it but I dont remember what he said
DmDm                         G minorGm F minorFm
Might be afternoon and it might be the dead of night
DmDm
But you´ll know when you see it cause it sure is hell of a sight
G minorGm  F minorFm  Riff 1

Chorus:
DmDm                 Riff 7
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
G minorGm           F minorFm     DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head (Prairie wind blowin trough....)
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head (Tryin to remember what my....)
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head (Before to much time took....)
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head (He Said were goin back....)
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
G minorGm          F minorFm      DmDm
Prairie wind blowin trough my head (Goin back to Cypress river....)
G minorGm          F minorFm      Riff 1
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 Riff 8
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 Riff 9
Prairie wind blowin trough my head
DmDm                 Riff 1
Prairie wind blowin trough my head

fade and out.......

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