Cinnamon Girl Guitar Tab

TITLE: CINNAMON GIRL
ALBUM: NEIL YOUNG LIVE IN BERLIN
SUBMITTED BY: Leonard Jensen (leonardeo@charter.net)
29 Sept 2004
ORIGINAL TAB BY: Tom Hambleton and Howard Wright
(via HyperRust)
Great job on the previous tabs.  I've just done
my best to improve and complete the tab.
Leonard (Buck Shot)
TUNING: Dropped-D (DADGBD)
INTRO: (and main riff)
RIFF1:
D---5--7--7--7-----7------------------------|
B---5--7--7--7-----7------------------------|
G---5--7--7--7-----7-----0--0--0------------|
D------------------------2--0--0---3---5----|
A------------------------3--2--0---3---5----|
D----------------------------------3---5----|
D---5--7--7--7-----7------------------------|
B---5--7--7--7-----7------------------------|
G---5--7--7--7-----7-----0--0--0------------|
D------------------------2--0--0---3--------|
A------------------------3--2--0---3--------|
D----------------------------------3--------|
repeat both lines twice
VERSE:
D5                  Am11
D----0--------------------0------------------------|
B----3--------------------1------------------------|
G----2--------------------2------------------------|
D----0--------------------0------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl
Cadd2               G7
D---0--------------------0----------------------|
B---1--------------------3----------------------|
G---0--------------------0----------------------|
D---2--------------------0----------------------|
A---3--------------------2----------------------|
D------------------------0----------------------|
I could be happy the rest of my life with a
RIFF2:
D------------5--7---0--------------0------------|
B------------5--7---2----1--0--1---1------------|
G------------5--7---3----2--0--2---2------------|
D---3--5--0--5--7---0----0--0--0---2------------|
A---3--5--0--0----------------------------------|
D---3--5--0--0----------------------------------|
cin-na-mon girl
A dreamer of pictures I run in the night
you see us together, chasing the moonlight
RIFF2	my cinnamon girl
Then do two lots of riff1.
Verse 2 has the same chord sequence, ending with another riff2.
Then do two more riff1s
Then the middle 8
MIDDLE 8:
D----5------------------------------------------|
B----5------------------------------------------|
G----5------------------------------------------|
D----5------------------------------------------|
A----3------------------------------------------|
D----3------------------------------------------|
Ma send me money now, I'm going to make it
(Neil bars with little and ring finger...
sets you up for the next cord)
D----------------------------0------------------|
B----------------------------3------------------|
G----------------------------0------------------|
D----------------------------4------------------|
A----------------------------5------------------|
D----------------------------0------------------|
somehow, I need another chance...
D------------------------------0----------------|
B------------------------------2----------------|
G------------------------------2----------------|
D------------------------------2----------------|
A------------------------------0----------------|
D------------------------------0----------------|
You see your baby loves to dance, Yeah,Yeah,Yeah
After this middle 8 comes the SOLO:
Words below to help with timing... not sung
D---0-0-0-0-0-----------0---0----0--0----0------|
B---7-7-7-7-7-----------0---5----0--3----2------|
G---7-7-7-7-7-----------0---5----0--3----3------|
D---0-0-0-0-0-----------0---0----0--0----0------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------|
( A dreamer..pictures, she runs in the night...)
D---0--0-0-0-0---0--------0-0----0----0--0------|
B---5--5-5-5-5---5--------3-3----3----3--3------|
G---5--5-5-5-5---5--------3-3----3----3--3------|
D---0--0-0-0-0---5--------0-0----0----0--0------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------|
(  You see us together, chasing the moonlight..)
END WITH:
D---------------0-------------------------------|
B---2--0---2----3-------------------------------|
G---3--0---3----2-------------------------------|
D---------------0-------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------|
( Cin  a  mon  girl  (not sung))
If anyone knows the ending riff (12th to 10th,
etc, please send to me.


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Darren Wanna Be	#1 by Darren Pilton at Sep 28, 2007 at 6:08 PM EST
	Cinnamon Girl" is about a hippie girl he encountered on a street while walking home... it is not about a drug dealer

No Picture Grunge Hamster Lead Player	#2 by Grunge Hamster at Sep 30, 2007 at 5:33 PM EST
	Seems as though I remember hearing that he wrote this and Cowgirl in the Sand when he was running a really high fever and he claimed that he didn't remember what either song was about afterward (at least when asked by his wife).

No Picture Bloody Mess All Musical Thunder	#3 by Bloody Mess All Over My Clothes at Sep 30, 2007 at 11:57 PM EST
	totally about the redheads. BD

No Picture albert Rhythm Player	#4 by albert casualtie at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:14 AM EST
	I wonder if he's talking about a native american, light-skinned black girl, or a tanned white girl... I have no idea. I've been trying to figure this out for the longest.

No Picture Nileppezdel Lead Player	#5 by Nileppezdel at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:36 PM EST
	I wanna live with a cinnamon girl.

No Picture stephen Average	#6 by stephen warunki at Oct 4, 2007 at 7:17 AM EST
	One of the best songs ever...period...double period.

No Picture jo_silverhawk Average	#7 by jo_silverhawk at Oct 7, 2007 at 5:26 AM EST
	One of the best hook riffs of any song ever.

No Picture zach Wanna Be	#8 by zach lilly at Oct 7, 2007 at 5:58 PM EST
	Why do I have this idea that this song is related to the one the Rolling Stones sing? That one about brown sugar.

No Picture PunkJunky Wanna Be	#9 by PunkJunky at Oct 10, 2007 at 11:32 AM EST
	Pamel Courson had red locks of love obviously...

No Picture Tony Average	#10 by Tony Riemer at Oct 13, 2007 at 8:36 AM EST
	She's a redhead.

No Picture brandon Rhythm Player	#11 by brandon q at Oct 14, 2007 at 1:53 PM EST
	sweet song

No Picture Dudey Average	#12 by Dudey at Oct 14, 2007 at 5:04 PM EST
	i think neil might want us to think of cinnamon as an herb

No Picture brad Average	#13 by brad at Oct 17, 2007 at 10:17 AM EST
	i love neil youngs taste in women. i want a cinnamon girl too.

No Picture gabby Professional	#14 by gabby at Oct 18, 2007 at 3:44 PM EST
	I agree with Helpbot, haha! :)