Idiot Wind chords by Bob Dylan (Official Version)
Verse 1
Cm
Someone’s got it in for me
D
G
They’re planting stories in the press
Cm
Whoever it is
I wish they’d cut it out quick
D
But when they will
G
G/F#
I can only guess
Em
Bm
They say I shot a man named Gray
Am
G
And took his wife to Italy
Em
Bm
She inherited a million bucks
Am
G
And when she died it came to me
Bm
C6
I can’t help it if I’m lucky
Verse 2
Cm
People see me all the time
D
And they just can’t remember
G
how to act
Cm
Their minds are filled with big ideas
D
G
G/F#
Images and distorted facts
Em
Bm
Even you, yesterday
Am
G
You had to ask me where it was at
Em
Bm
I couldn’t believe after all these years
Am
G
You didn’t know me any better than that
Bm
C6
Sweet lady
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Chorus 1
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing every time you move your mouth
C
Blowing down the backroads
D9sus4
heading south
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing every time you move your teeth
C
You’re an idiot, babe
D6
It’s a wonder that you still know
G
C/G
G
C/G
how to breathe
Verse 3
Cm
I ran into the fortune-teller
D
Who said beware of lightning
G
that might strike
Cm
I haven’t known peace and quiet
D
For so long,
G
G/F#
I can’t remember what it’s like
Em
Bm
There’s a lone soldier on the cross
Am
G
Smoke pouring out of a boxcar door
Em
You didn’t know it,
Bm
you didn’t think it could be done
Am
G
In the final end he won the war
Bm
C6
After losing every battle
Verse 4
Cm
I woke up on the roadside
D
Daydreaming about the way
G
things sometimes are
Cm
Visions of your chestnut mare
D
Shoot through my head
G
G/F#
and are making me see stars
Em
Bm
You hurt the ones that I love best
Am
G
And cover up the truth with lies
Em
Bm
One day you’ll be in the ditch
Am
G
Flies buzzing around your eyes
Bm
C6
Blood on your saddle
Chorus 2
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing through the flowers on your tomb
C
Blowing through the curtains
D9sus4
in your room
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing every time you move your teeth
C
You’re an idiot, babe
D6
It’s a wonder that you still know
G
C/G
G
C/G
how to breathe
Verse 5
Cm
It was gravity which pulled us down
D
G
And destiny which broke us apart
Cm
You tamed the lion in my cage
D
But it just wasn’t enough
G
G/F#
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
Verse 6
Cm
I noticed at the ceremony
D
G
Your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
Cm
I can’t remember your face anymore
D
Your mouth has changed,
G
G/F#
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
Near the cypress trees,
G
while the springtime turned
Bm
C6
Slow- ly into Autumn
Chorus 3
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing like a circle around my skull
C
From the Grand Coulee Dam
D9sus4
to the Capitol
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing every time you move your teeth
C
You’re an idiot, babe
D6
It’s a wonder that you still know
G
C/G
G
C/G
how to breathe
Verse 7
Cm
I can’t feel you anymore
D
G
I can’t even touch the books you’ve read
Cm
Every time I crawl past your door
D
I been wishing
G
G/F#
I've been somebody else instead
Em
Bm
Down the highway, down the tracks
Am
G
Down the road to ecstasy
Em
Bm
I followed you beneath the stars
Am
G
Hounded by your memory
Bm
C6
And all your raging glory
Verse 8
Cm
I been double-crossed now
D
G
For the very last time and now I’m finally free
Cm
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
D
On the borderline
G
G/F#
which separated you from me
Em
Bm
You’ll never know the hurt I suffered
Am
G
Nor the pain I rise above
Em
Bm
And I’ll never know the same about you
Am
G
Your holiness or your kind of love
Bm
C6
And it makes me feel so sorry
Chorus 4
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
C
Blowing through the letters
D9sus4
that we wrote
G
Idiot wind
C
G
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
C
We’re idiots, babe
D6
It’s a wonder we can even
G
C/G
G
C/G
feed ourselves
Outro 1
Cm
D
G
Cm
D
G
G/F#
Em
Bm
Am
G
Em
Bm
Am
G
Bm
C6
Cm
[Fade out]
Idiot Wind
Bob Dylan
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