{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":622270,"song":"Idiot Wind","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/622270-idiot-wind-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/622270?type=chord","rating":4.76094,"votes":322,"content":"[tab][Chords used:]\r\nD/C   x-3-x-2-3-2\r\nG/F#  2-x-0-0-0(3)\r\nC6    x-3-2-2-1-0\r\nC/D   x-x-0-0-1-0\r\nC/G   3-x-2-0-1-0[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWhoever it is I wish they'd cut it out [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D/C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nbut when they will I can only guess.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nThey say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nI can't help it if I'm lucky.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D/C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D/C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nTheir minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nEven you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me any better than that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]C6[/ch]\r\n Sweet lady.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nBlowing down the backroads headin' south.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're an idiot, babe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nI ran into the fortune-teller, who said [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D/C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeware of lightning that might strike[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D/C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the final end he won the wars[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAfter losin' every battle.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D/C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                       \r\nVisions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D/C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd are makin' me see stars.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nBlood on your saddle.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nBlowing through the curtains in your room.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're an idiot, babe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D6[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D/C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                             \r\nYou tamed the lion in my cage [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D/C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nBut it just wasn't enough to change my heart.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]                \r\nNow everything's a little upside down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]          \r\nWhat's good is bad, what's bad is good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll find out when you reach the top[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nYou're on the bottom.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D/C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                      \r\nI can't remember your face anymore, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]D/C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nyour mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]              \r\nThe priest wore black on the seventh day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sat stone-faced while the building burned.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]                       \r\nI waited for you on the running boards, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                 \r\nNear the cypress trees, while the springtime turned [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nSlo-o-o-owly to autumn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nFrom the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're an idiot, babe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nEvery time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D/C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nI'd been somebody else instead.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI followed you beneath the stars, haunted by your memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd all your ragin' glory.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D/C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]                                     \r\nI kissed goodbye the howling beast [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]D/C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nOn the borderline which separated you from me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAnd it makes me feel so sorry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nBlowing through the letters that we wrote.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIdiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe're idiots, babe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nIt's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro] (harp) \r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n[tab]| [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n 2/4  4/4[/tab]\r\n| [ch]Bm[/ch] | [ch]C6[/ch] |\r\n[tab]| [ch]Cm[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n(fade out over last bars)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro] (harp) \n| Cm | D D/C | G |\n| Cm | D D/C | G      G/F# |\n| Em Bm | Am G |\n\n| Bm | C6 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