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