Like A Hurricane | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Em7 | G |
Verse 1
| Am | Am | G | G |
Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar.
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Em7 | G |
Dancing on the light from star to star.
| Am | Am | G | G |
Far across the moonbeam, I know that’s who you are.
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Em7 | G |
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.
Chorus 1
||: C G | F G :||
You are like a hurricane.
There’s calm in your eye.
And I’m gettin’ blown away.
| F | F (Fsus2 F) | (half time feel)
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
| F | F | (half time feel)
I want to love you but I’m getting blown away.
Instrumental 1
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Em7 | G |
Verse 2
I am just a dreamer but you are just a dream.
And you could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips, that perfect feeling when time just slips.
Away between us and our foggy trip.
Chorus 2
You are like a hurricane.
There’s calm in your eye.
And I’m gettin’ blown away.
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I’m getting blown away.
Instrumental 2
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Em7 | G |
Blown away.
Solo
||: Am | Am | G | G |
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Em7 | G :|| x6
Verse 3
You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream.
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips, that perfect feeling when time just slips.
Away between us on our foggy trip.
Chorus 3
You are like a hurricane.
There’s calm in your eye.
And I’m gettin’ blown away.
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I’m getting blown away.
Outro
||: Am | Am | G | G |
| Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Em7 | G :|| repeat forever
Like A Hurricane Chords: Learn the progressions
Once you start playing Like A Hurricane‘s chords, it makes sense why Neil wouldn’t stop soloing, this is perfect Aeolian, solo-all-day-long territory!
Another perfect detail about Like A Hurricane is the verse melody, it targets the chord notes perfectly.
In the TAB part of this lesson, you’ll learn from this, both when it comes to writing your tunes as well as for improvising solos, here’s a link to that part of the lesson: Like A Hurricane – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
In terms of the actual chords, we never go outside the key, it’s just this in the key of Am:
||: Am (VI) | Am | G (V) | G |
| Fmaj7 (IV) | Fmaj7 | Em7 (III) | G :||
The chorus chord progression, in contrast, feels a bit throwaway, compared to that perfectly crafted verse. It goes I – V – IV – V on repeat, like this:
||: C (I) G (V) | F (IV) G :|| x3
| F | F (Fsus2 F) | F | F | (half time feel)
Still, the lyrics are great and the halftime feel over the last four bars of the F chord is amazing so when we’re back to that fabulous verse progression and it’s time to solo, I guess all is forgiven!
Here’s a chord chart I made for you.
Like A Hurricane Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
This must be one of the easiest chord charts I’ve written. As there are only two sections, I just put that down and then listed the arrangement below it.
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Like A Hurricane Chord Chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Like A Hurricane iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key.
Like A Hurricane must have been one of Neil’s favourites!
Released in 1977, Like A Hurricane must have been one of Neil Young’s favourite tunes as he has included it in most of his gigs, on two compilations (Decade and Greatest Hits) as well as the incredible Unplugged album.
He wrote it in 1975 during a time when he had damaged his vocal cords and couldn’t sing for a while. Perhaps this is why the focus is on writing something so great to solo over…
The album version is over 8 minutes long, mainly consisting of Neil soloing, this is probably why he likes it so much, I know I do!
Like A Hurricane Chords | Related Pages
Like A Hurricane | Guitar Lesson + TAB
With this guitar lesson, you can learn to play Like A Hurricane by Neil Young using TAB and chord analysis.
| Am | Am | G | G |
Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar…
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Neil Young tunes
Neil Young started out with Buffalo Springfield, briefly joined Crosby, Stills & Nash, and collaborated with Pearl Jam but is best known for his solo career.
His best tunes include Harvest Moon, Heart Of Gold, Old Man, The Needle And The Damage Done, My My, Hey Hey, and Like A Hurricane.
Neil Young on the web
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