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Bright Eyes
Four Winds
From live performances you can tell this song is played
in standard tuning with a capo on the 3rd fret.
[Intro]
Em   C   G   Am   G   Am   Cx4
[Verse]
Your cEmlass, your caste, your country, sect, your nCame or your tribe
There's pGeople always dying trying to kAmeep 'em alive
There's Gbodies decomposing in conAmtainers tonight
In an abCandoned building where
A sqEmuatter's made a mural of a MCexican girl
With fGifteen cans of spray paint in a cAmhemical swirl
She's sGtanding in the ashes at the eAmnd of the world
Four winds Cblowing through her hair
[Chorus]
But when great SAmatan's gDone, the whore of AmBabyloDn
She just cCan't susGtain the pressure wChere it's plGaced
She cAmaves
[Interlude]
Em C G Am G Am C
[Verse]
The BEmible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the QCu'ran is mute
If you bGurned 'em all together you'd get cAmlose to the truth still
They're pGouring over Sanskrit under AmIvy League moons
While shadows Clengthen in the sun
Cast on a sEmchool of meditation built to sCoften the times
And hGold us at the center while the sAmpiral unwinds
It's knGocking over fences, crossing pAmroperty lines
Four winds, Ccry until it comes
[Chorus]
And it's the sAmum of mDan
Slouching towards AmBethlehDem
A heart just cCan't conGtain all of that eCmpty spGace
It bAmreaks, it bDreaks, (it breaks)
[Interlude]
Em C Em C Em C D
[Verse]
Well, I went bEmack by rented Cadillac and cCompany jet
Like a nGewly orphaned refugee, reAmtracing my steps
All the Gway to Cassadega to comAmmune with the dead
They said, "You'd Cbetter look alive"
And I was oEmff to old Dakota where a gCenocide sleeps
In the bGlack hills, the bad lands, the cAmalloused east
I bGuried my ballast, I mAmade my peace
With four windsC, levelling the pines
[Chorus]
But when great SAmatan's gDone, the whore of AmBabylDon
She just cCan't reGmain with all that oCuter sGpace
She bAmreaks, she brDeaks, she cAmaves, she cDaves
Em
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The story behind the song

"Four Winds" is a song that carries a wandering country charm and a storytelling seductiveness, drawing listeners into its narrative. It makes several references to William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," particularly with its refrain of "slouching towards Bethlehem," which adds a layer of prophetic unease to the lyrics. The music video for the song shows the band playing for a rowdy crowd at a state fair, eventually being booed off stage, creating a sense of escalating tension. At its heart, the song plays like a modern folk tale, imbued with a sense of impending change or reckoning.

AI-written from these sources:Four Winds (EP) — Wikipedia ↗Bright Eyes (band) — Wikipedia ↗MusicBrainz ↗

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