Idiot Wind Chords by Bob Dylan
- Key: E
- BPM: 86
- Capo: no capo
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IDIOT WIND CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] C Am B E ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am Someone's got it in for me E B E They're planting stories in the press Am E Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick B E But when they will I can only guess Dbm E A ■ They say I shot a man named Gray E And took his wife to Italy Dbm Emaj7 ■ She inherited a million bucks Gbm7 Emaj7 And when she died it came to me B A I can't help it if I'm lucky Am ■ People see me all the time B E And they just can't remember how to act Am ■ Their minds are filled with big ideas E Images and distorted facts Dbm E Even you yesterday A E You had to ask me where it was at Dbm E I couldn't believe after all these years A E You didn't know me better than that A E Sweet lady ■ A Idiot wind ■ E Blowing every time you move your mouth [Chorus] A Bsus4 ■ Blowing down the back roads headin' south E Idiot wind A E Blowing every time you move your teeth A You're an idiot babe E A E It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe A E Am I ran ■ ■ into the fortuneteller [Verse] E Who said beware of lightning that might strike Am E ■ I haven't known peace and quiet E For so long I can't remember what it's like Dbm A There's a lone soldier on the cross A Smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door E Dbm E You didn't know it you didn't think it could be done A In the final end he won the wars B A After losin' every battle Am I woke up on the roadside E B E Daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are Am Visions of your chestnut mare E B E Shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars Dbm Emaj7 You hurt the ones that I love best A E And cover up the truth with lies Dbm E One day you'll be in the ditch A E Flies buzzin' around your eyes A E Blood on your saddle ■ [Chorus] A Idiot wind E Blowing through the flowers on your tomb A Bsus4 E Blowing through the curtains in your room ■ A Idiot wind E Blowing every time you move your teeth A You're an idiot babe E B7 A E It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe A E A E A E A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am It was gravity which pulled us down E B E And destiny which broke us apart Am ■ You tamed the lion in my cage E B E But it just wasn't enough to change my heart Dbm E Now everything's a little upside down A E As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped Dbm E What's good is bad what's bad is good A Emaj7 You'll find out when you reach the top E A You're on the bottom Am I noticed at the ceremony B Your corrupt ways had finally made you blind E Am I ■ can't remember your face anymore Am Your mouth has changed B E Your eyes don't look into mine Emaj7 The priest wore black on the seventh day A E And sat stonefaced while the building burned E I waited for you on the running boards A E Near the cypress trees while the springtime turned B A Slowly into autumn [Chorus] E A ■ Idiot wind ■ E Blowing like a circle around my skull A From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol Bsus4 E A Idiot ■ wind ■ E Blowing every time you move your teeth A You're an idiot babe E It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe A E A E ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am I can't feel you anymore E B I can't even touch the books you've read E Am Every time I crawl past your door E B E I been wishin' I was somebody ■ else instead E Down the highway down the tracks E Down the road to ecstasy A I followed you beneath the stars E Hounded by your memory B A And all your ragin' glory Am I been doublecrossed now E B E A E For the very last time and now I'm finally free ■ ■ Am I kissed goodbye the howling beast E B E On the borderline which separated you from me Dbm E Emaj7 You'll never know the hurt I suffered A E Nor the pain I rise above Dbm Emaj7 And I'll never know the same about you A E Your holiness or your kind of love A E And it makes me feel so sorry ■ [Chorus] A Idiot wind ■ E Blowing through the buttons of our coats A Bsus4 ■ Blowing through the letters that we wrote E ■ Idiot wind A E Blowing through the dust upon our shelves A We're idiots babe E It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves [Solo] A Am E Am Esus4 E Dbm Dbm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E Amaj7 Emaj7 A E B E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A Am B B7 E Am E B7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E Dbm7 Emaj7 A E Dbm Dbm7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E B7 E A E A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A Bsus4 E A E A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E Bsus4 A E ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]