Carly Simon – Legend In Your Own Time (Guitar)

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Legend In Your Own Time from Anticipation - 1971 Intro: E7#5
 Am7                Dm7 
Well I have known you

                  Am7      Dm7
Since you were a small boy

          Am7              Dm7
And your mama used to say

    Am7
My boy is gonna grow up and be

 Dm7                   Am7    Dm7 
Some kind of leader some day

E7
Then you'd turn on the radio

     A6
And sing with the singer in the band

Am7
And your mama would say to you

       Bm                E7
This isn't exactly what she had planned

                Am7               Dm7
But you're a legend in your own time

Am7                Dm7
A hero in the footlights

Am7               Dm7
Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme

           Bm             E7
But a legends only a lonely boy

         Am7               Dm7   
When he goes home alone.
Dm7 Am7 Dm7 E E7
Am7                Dm7 
And although I know you

Am7                Dm7 
Still have the heart of that small boy

Am7                Dm7 
Well, you lend it out far too much

Am7                Dm7 
And no one woman loving you

Am7                                 Dm7  
Can ever tell if she's been really touched

E7
Then you turn on the radio

     A6
And sing with the singer in the band

Am7 
And think kind of sadly to yourself

Bm                             E7
This isn't exactly what you had planned

                Am7               Dm7
But you're a legend in your own time

Am7                Dm7
A hero in the footlights

Am7               Dm7
Playin' tunes to fit your rhyme

           Bm             E7
But a legends only a lonely boy

         Am7               Dm7    Am7   Dm7   Am7
When he goes home alone....   (Ab lib)