Intro D A G D Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 D Dmaj7 G D Bm A D Dsus4 Dsus2 D D(add11) D A G D We`ve been through some things together Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 With trunks of memories still to come D A G D We found things to do in stormy weather Bm A Asus2 D Dusus4 Dsus2 D Long may you run
D(add11) D A Asus2 G D Long may you run long may you run Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 Although these changes have come D A With your chrome heart shinin` G D Bm A Asus2 D G Bb D Dusus4 Dsus2 D In the sun long may you run N/C D A G D Well it was back in Blind River in nineteen sixtytwo Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 When I last saw you alive D A G D But we missed that ship on the long decline Bm A Asus2 D D(add11) D Long may you run D(add11) D A Asus2 G D Long may you run long may you run Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 Although these changes have come D A With your chrome heart shinin` G D Bm A Asus2 D G Bb In the sun long may you run D Dmaj7 G D Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 D Dmaj7 G D Bm A Asus2 D Dsus2 D D(add11) (OR) E-------5---5-7-5------------------------------------| B--5-h7---7--------7---5-------7--7-7-5---5----------| G------------------------7-4-7----------7---7-4------| D-----------------------------------------------7-7--| A----------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------| E-------5-7-5-7-10-10-7------------------------------| B--5-h7-----------------10-10-7-------7--------------| G-------------------------------7---7----------------| D---------------------------------9------------------| A----------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------| B--5-h7-3-h5-3-h5-----------3---3--------------------| G------------------2-2-2-h4---4---2-h4-2-------------| D----------------------------------------4-2-0-------| A----------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------| D A G D Maybe the Beach Boys have got you now Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 With those waves singin` Caroline D A G D Rollin` down that empty ocean road Bm A Asus2 D D(add11) D Get into the surf on time D(add11) D A Asus2 G D Long may you run long may you run Bm G A Asus2 A Asus2 Although these changes have come D A With your chrome heart shinin` G D Bm A Asus2 D G Bb D In the sun long may you run
This song is about a car believe it or not! Neil´s beloved Pontiac hearse, "Mort", also known as "Mortimer Hearseburg", was the inspiration for this song. Neil drove "Mort" from Toronto to Los Angeles, where he met Stephen Stills and formed Buffalo Springfield.
Neil was in Canada driving to Sudbury when ´Mort´ broke down in Blind River, June 1965. (Which is contradictory to the lyrics; "well it was back in Blind River, in 1962, when I last saw you alive"). In 1976, Stephen Stills and Neil Young formed The Stills-Young Band and released an album called Long May You Run, which turned out to be somewhat ironic when the collaboration quickly stalled.
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