Idiot Wind chords by
Bob Dylan

1975•Folk•1.3K views•

Key: G major•

Verse 1

Cm

Cm

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Someone’s got it in for me

D

D

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G

G

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They’re planting stories in the press

Cm

Cm

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Whoever it is

I wish they’d cut it out quick

D

D

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But when they will

G

G

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I can only guess

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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They say I shot a man named Gray

Am

Am

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G

G

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And took his wife to Italy

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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She inherited a million bucks

Am

Am

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G

G

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And when she died it came to me

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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I can’t help it if I’m lucky

Verse 2

Cm

Cm

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People see me all the time

D

D

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And they just can’t remember

G

G

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how to act

Cm

Cm

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Their minds are filled with big ideas

D

D

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G

G

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Images and distorted facts

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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Even you, yesterday

Am

Am

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G

G

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You had to ask me where it was at

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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I couldn’t believe after all these years

Am

Am

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G

G

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You didn’t know me any better than that

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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Sweet lady

Chorus 1

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing every time you move your mouth

C

C

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Blowing down the backroads

D

D

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heading south

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing every time you move your teeth

C

C

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You’re an idiot, babe

D

D

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It’s a wonder that you still know

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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how to breathe

Verse 3

Cm

Cm

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I ran into the fortune-teller

D

D

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Who said beware of lightning

G

G

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that might strike

Cm

Cm

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I haven’t known peace and quiet

D

D

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For so long,

G

G

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I can’t remember what it’s like

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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There’s a lone soldier on the cross

Am

Am

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G

G

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Smoke pouring out of a boxcar door

Em

Em

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You didn’t know it,

Bm

Bm

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you didn’t think it could be done

Am

Am

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G

G

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In the final end he won the war

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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After losing every battle

Verse 4

Cm

Cm

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I woke up on the roadside

D

D

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Daydreaming about the way

G

G

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things sometimes are

Cm

Cm

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Visions of your chestnut mare

D

D

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Shoot through my head

G

G

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and are making me see stars

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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You hurt the ones that I love best

Am

Am

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G

G

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And cover up the truth with lies

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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One day you’ll be in the ditch

Am

Am

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G

G

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Flies buzzing around your eyes

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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Blood on your saddle

Chorus 2

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing through the flowers on your tomb

C

C

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Blowing through the curtains

D

D

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in your room

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing every time you move your teeth

C

C

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You’re an idiot, babe

D

D

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It’s a wonder that you still know

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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how to breathe

Verse 5

Cm

Cm

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It was gravity which pulled us down

D

D

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G

G

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And destiny which broke us apart

Cm

Cm

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You tamed the lion in my cage

D

D

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But it just wasn’t enough

G

G

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to change my heart

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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Now everything’s a little upside down

Am

Am

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G

G

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As a matter of fact, the wheels have stopped

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good

Am

Am

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G

G

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You’ll find out when you reach the top

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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You’re on the bottom

Verse 6

Cm

Cm

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I noticed at the ceremony

D

D

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G

G

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Your corrupt ways had finally made you blind

Cm

Cm

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I can’t remember your face anymore

D

D

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Your mouth has changed,

G

G

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your eyes don’t look into mine

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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The priest wore black on the seventh day

Am

Am

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G

G

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And sat stone-faced while the building burned

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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I waited for you on the running boards

Am

Am

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Near the cypress trees,

G

G

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while the springtime turned

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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Slow- ly into Autumn

Chorus 3

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing like a circle around my skull

C

C

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From the Grand Coulee Dam

D

D

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to the Capitol

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing every time you move your teeth

C

C

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You’re an idiot, babe

D

D

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It’s a wonder that you still know

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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how to breathe

Verse 7

Cm

Cm

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I can’t feel you anymore

D

D

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G

G

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I can’t even touch the books you’ve read

Cm

Cm

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Every time I crawl past your door

D

D

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I been wishing

G

G

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I've been somebody else instead

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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Down the highway, down the tracks

Am

Am

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G

G

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Down the road to ecstasy

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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I followed you beneath the stars

Am

Am

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G

G

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Hounded by your memory

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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And all your raging glory

Verse 8

Cm

Cm

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I been double-crossed now

D

D

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G

G

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For the very last time and now I’m finally free

Cm

Cm

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I kissed goodbye the howling beast

D

D

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On the borderline

G

G

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which separated you from me

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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You’ll never know the hurt I suffered

Am

Am

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G

G

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Nor the pain I rise above

Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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And I’ll never know the same about you

Am

Am

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G

G

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Your holiness or your kind of love

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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And it makes me feel so sorry

Chorus 4

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing through the buttons of our coats

C

C

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Blowing through the letters

D

D

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that we wrote

G

G

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Idiot wind

C

C

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G

G

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Blowing through the dust upon our shelves

C

C

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We’re idiots, babe

D

D

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It’s a wonder we can even

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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feed ourselves

Outro 1

Cm

Cm

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D

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Cm

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D

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Em

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Bm

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Am

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G

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Em

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Bm

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Am

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C

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Cm

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[Fade out]

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Chords

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The original key of Idiot Wind by Bob Dylan is G major.

The primary chords used in Idiot Wind are Cm, D, G, G/F#, Em, Bm.

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