• Song:

    Cinnamon Girl

  • Artist:

    Neil Young

  • Album:

    Decade (disc 1)

It's been a while since I've made a tab. And since I had nothing to do today
I figured, "Why Not?". This is a great song from a great artist and a great
album. I own the cassette tape of this and I listened to it all the time.
And, since the other chord tabs didn't seem quite right, I thought I would 
take a stab at it. If you have any problems with the strum pattern and/or 
where to make any of the chord changes, just listen to the song and all
should make sense. Keep in mind that this is NOT IN STANDARD TUNING. And, 
if you would like to be generous or would like to tell me I did right or wrong, 
please rate and leave a comment for this tab.

Tuning: Double Drop D (tune down both of the E-Strings)

Chords: loDADGBD
     C6/9:000555
        D:000777
        C:X320XX
      G/B:X200XX
       A5:X022XX
       F5:333XXX
       G5:555XXX
       D5:000230
     Am11:X02010
    Cadd9:X32010
      G5*:550030
      D5*:X00XXX
    Am11*:X00555
       D*:X00777
      Gm7:553333
    A11w3:X02020

The chords are named odd due to this special tuning. So even though the 
Cadd9 chord is in a C Major shape, the actual notes are different causing
the name change. Hopefully, it's not too confusing.

Intro:

C6/9 D

C G/B A5 F5 G5

C6/9 D

C G/B A5 F5

(play intro twice and twice anytime after)

Verse 1:

D5
  I wanna live

       Am11
with a cinnamon girl

Cadd9
I could be happy

    G5*
the rest of my life

       F5  G5 D5* Am11* D*
With a cin-na-mon girl.___

C G/B C Am11

Verse 2:

  D5
A dreamer of pictures

  Am11
I run in the night

    Cadd9
You see us together,

G5*
chasing the moonlight,

   F5  G5 D5* Am11* D*
My cin-na-mon girl.___

C G/B C Am11

Repeat Intro

Verse 3:

D5
Ten silver saxes,

  Am11
a bass with a bow

    Cadd9
The drummer relaxes

    G5*
and waits between shows

        F5  G5 D5* Am11 D*
For his cin-na-mon girl.___

C G/B C Am11

Verse 2 repeated:

  D5
A dreamer of pictures

  Am11
I run in the night

    Cadd9
You see us together,

G5*
chasing the moonlight,

   F5  G5 D5* Am11* D*
My cin-na-mon girl.___

C G/B C Am11

Repeat Intro

Bridge:

Cadd9
Pa sent me money now

I'm gonna make it somehow

                     Gm7
I need another chance_____

                                Am11
You see your baby loves to dance___

           A11w3
Yeah...yeah...yeah.

Solo 1 chords:

(The Lead Guitar seems to be playing the third fret on the B-string and the
 open high D-String at the same time while the Rhythm Guitar plays the 
 chords.)

F5 G5 D5* Am11* D* 

C G/B C Am11

C6/9 D

Solo 2:

No chords, but the lead can just improvise in the key of D.

End the song on a D chord.

That should be that for Cinnamon Girl by the great Neil Young. And, after 
you've made your judgement, please rate and leave a comment. Also, be sure
to join my "UGs Online Music Debate" group where you can debate about any
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-I hope you enjoy; my little droogies.
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