Legend In Your Own Time
Carly SimonVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well I have known you
Since you were a small boy
And your mama used to say
My boy is gonna grow up and be
Some kind of leader some day
Then you'd turn on the radio
And sing with the singer in the band
And your mama would say to you
This isn't exactly what she had planned
But you're a legend in your own time
A hero in the footlights
Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme
But a legends only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone.
And although I know you
Still have the heart of that small boy
Well, you lend it out far too much
And no one woman loving you
Can ever tell if she's been really touched
Then you turn on the radio
And sing with the singer in the band
And think kind of sadly to yourself
This isn't exactly what you had planned
But you're a legend in your own time
A hero in the footlights
Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme
But a legends only a lonely boy
When he goes home alone.... (Ab lib)
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Readable chord sheet for Legend In Your Own Time by Carly Simon
[E7#5] W[Am7]ell I have known yo[Dm7]u Since you were a s[Am7]mall boy [Dm7] And your m[Am7]ama used to say [Dm7] My b[Am7]oy is gonna grow up and be S[Dm7]ome kind of leader som[Am7]e day [Dm7] [E7]Then you'd turn on the radio And s[A6]ing with the singer in the band [Am7]And your mama would say to you This is[Bm]n't exactly what s[E7]he had planned But you're a leg[Am7]end in your own ti[Dm7]me [Am7]A hero in the footl[Dm7]ights [Am7]Playin' tunes to f[Dm7]it your rhyme But a legen[Bm]ds only a lonel[E7]y boy When he g[Am7]oes home alone. [Dm7] [Dm7] [Am7] [Dm7] [E] [E7] [Am7]And although I know[Dm7] you [Am7]Still have the hear[Dm7]t of that small boy [Am7]Well, you lend it o[Dm7]ut far too much [Am7]And no one woman lo[Dm7]ving you [Am7]Can ever tell if she's been really t[Dm7]ouched [E7]Then you turn on the radio And s[A6]ing with the singer in the band [Am7]And think kind of sadly to yourself [Bm]This isn't exactly what you had[E7] planned But you're a leg[Am7]end in your own ti[Dm7]me [Am7]A hero in the footl[Dm7]ights [Am7]Playin' tunes to f[Dm7]it your rhyme But a legen[Bm]ds only a lonel[E7]y boy When he g[Am7]oes home alone....[Dm7] (Ab [Am7]lib) [Dm7] [Am7]