Idiot Wind

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[Chords used:]
D/C x-3-x-2-3-2
G/F# 2-x-0-0-0(3)
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
[Verse]
Cm D G
Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Cm
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out
D D/C G G/F#
but when they will I can only guess.
Em Bm Am G
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
Em Bm Am G
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
Bm C6
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
Cm D D/C G
People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
Cm D D/C G G/F#
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
Em Bm Am G G/F#
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
Em Bm Am G
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me any better than that
Bm C6
Sweet lady.
[Chorus]
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
C C/D
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
G C
You're an idiot, babe.
D D7 G C/G G C/G
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Cm D
I ran into the fortune-teller, who said
D/C G
Beware of lightning that might strike
Cm D D/C G
I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
Em Bm Am G
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
Em Bm
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done,
Am G
In the final end he won the wars
Bm C6
After losin' every battle.
Cm D D/C G
I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Cm D
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head
D/C G G/F#
And are makin' me see stars.
Em Bm Am G
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
Em Bm Am G
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
Bm C6
Blood on your saddle.
[Chorus]
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
C C/D
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
G C
You're an idiot, babe.
D6 G C/G G C/G
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Cm D D/C G
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
Cm
You tamed the lion in my cage
D D/C G G/F#
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
Em Bm
Now everything's a little upside down
Am G
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
Em Bm
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
Am G
You'll find out when you reach the top
Bm C6
You're on the bottom.
Cm D D/C G
I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
Cm
I can't remember your face anymore,
D D/C G G/F#
your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine.
Em Bm
The priest wore black on the seventh day
Am G
And sat stone-faced while the building burned.
Em Bm
I waited for you on the running boards,
Am G
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Bm C6
Slo-o-o-owly to autumn.
[Chorus]
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
C C/D
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
G C
You're an idiot, babe.
D G C/G G C/G
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Cm D D/C G
I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
Cm D
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin'
D/C G G/F#
I'd been somebody else instead.
Em Bm Am G
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
Em Bm Am G
I followed you beneath the stars, haunted by your memory
Bm C6
And all your ragin' glory.
Cm D D/C G
I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
Cm
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
D D/C G G/F#
On the borderline which separated you from me.
Em Bm Am G
You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
Em Bm Am G
And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
Bm C6
And it makes me feel so sorry.
[Chorus]
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
C C/D
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
G C G
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
G C
We're idiots, babe.
D D7 G C/G G C/G
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[Outro] (harp)
Cm DD/CG
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Cm DD/CG G/F#
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EmBm AmG
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EmBm AmG
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2/4 4/4
Bm C6
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Cm DD/CG
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(fade out over last bars)

Idiot Wind chords and lyrics

Free chords for Idiot Wind by Bob Dylan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Verse]
[Chorus]
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[Chorus]
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[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Outro] (harp) 
| Cm | D D/C | G |
| Cm | D D/C | G      G/F# |
| Em Bm | Am G |
| Bm | C6 |

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