WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Carly Simon - Legend In Your Own Time Chords | Ver. 2
[Verse 1]
E7#5 Am9 Dm7 Am9 Dm7
Well, I have known you ...since you were a small boy,
Am9 Dm7
And your mama used to say,
Am9 Dm7 Am9 Dm7
'Well, my boy is gonna grow up, and be some kind of leader some day!'
[Verse 2]
E7 Amaj7
Then you'd turn on the radio, and sing with the singer in the band,
Am9
Your mama would say to you,
D9 E7 E7#5 E7 *
'This isn't exactly what we had planned!' | / / / / |
[Chorus]
Am9 Dm7
But you're a legend in your own time,
Am9 Dm7
(You are...) A hero in the footlights,
Am9 Dm7
(Legend-----------!) Playing tunes to fit your rhyme,
D9 E7 Am9 Dm7
But a legend's only a lonely boy when he goes home alone!
[Bridge]
Am9 Dm7 E F#m11/E Em7 E7
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[Verse 3]
Am9 Dm7 Am9
And though I know you ...still have the heart of that small boy,
Dm7 Am9 Dm7
Well, you lend it out far too much,
Am9 Dm7 Am9 Dm7
And no one woman loving you can ever feel that she's been really touched!
[Verse 4]
E7 Amaj7
Then you'd turn on the radio, and sing with the singer in the band,
Am9 D9 E7
Think kinda sadly to yourself, 'This isn't exactly what you had planned!'
[Chorus]
Am9 Dm7
But you're a legend in your own time,
Am9 Dm7
(You are...) A hero in the footlights,
Am9 Dm7
(Legend-----------!) Playing tunes to fit your rhyme,
D9 E7 Am9 Dm7
But a legend's only a lonely boy when he goes home alone!
[Coda]
Am9 Dm7
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D9 E7
Well, a legend's only a lonely boy--------...
Am9 Dm7 Am9 Dm7 Am9 Dm7
...When he goes home alone----------! | / / / / | / / / / |
Am9 Dm7
||: Humm----- mm-mm, mm -mm,mm! :|| [Repeat, ad -lib and fade]
[Ending Carly used on the QM2 video]
Am9 Dm7 E F#m11/E Em7 E7
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