Chords/Tablature for Prairie Wind
Submitted by: Charlie Macon
Notes about this song:
- Tuning: Double dropped D (DADGBD)
Chords:
D5: xx0230
G: 555000
F: 333000
Alternative chords:
G*: 0 0 0 12 12 12
F*: 0 0 0 10 10 10
Whenever D5* is shown, improvise in D (it sounds like
the D minor pentatonic scale to my ears) or just strum
on the D5. I've included the most common little riff
Neil does in the opening shown below.
Opening:
D5* lead notes
D-----------------------------------------------
B--------------------3-3-1----------------------
G--------------------2-----2--0---0-------------
D--slide up to-5--3-------------3---3--0---3-0--
A--slide up to-5--3----------------------3------
D--slide up to-5--3-----------------------------
D-------------------10-10-10-----------
B-------------------10-10-10-----------
G-------------------10-10-10-12^-10~~~-
D-slide up to 5--3---------------------
A-slide up to-5--3---------------------
D-slide up to-5--3---------------------
Intro
G F D5
G F D5
G F
Verse:
D5 G F
Tryin' to remember what my Daddy said
D5 G F
Before too much time took away his head
D5
He said we're goin' back and I'll show you what I'm
G F
talkin' about
D5
Goin' back to Cypress River, back to the old farm
G F
house
D5*
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5*
Tryin' to remember what Daddy said
G F
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
D5
I tried to tell the people but they never heard a
G F
word I said
D5
They say there's nothin' out there but wheatfields
G F
anyway
D5
Just the farmer's wife hangin' laundry in her
G F
backyard
D5 G F
Out on the prairie where winds blow long and hard
D5*
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5
Tryin' to remember what Daddy said
G F D5
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G F D5
G F
D5 G F
Late at night, lights dancin' in the northern sky
D5
G F
D5 G F
Like the Indian spirits, tryin' to show me how to fly
D5
G F
D5 G F
You can see into the future but it may be a mirage
D5
G F
D5 G F
Like a new car sittin' there in your old garage
D5*
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5
Tryin' to remember what Daddy said
G F D5
G F D5
G F
D5
There's a place on the prairie where evil and
G F
goodness play
D5
Daddy told me all about it but I don't remember what
G F
he said
D5
It might be afternoon and it might be the dead of
G F
night
D5
But you'll know when you see it 'cause it sure is a
G F
helluva sight
D5*
G* F* D5*
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G F D5
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G F D5
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G F D5
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G F D5
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G F D5
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
G* F* D5
Tryin' to remember what Daddy said
G F D5
Prairie wind blowin' through my head
Repeats.....
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