Trade Winds chords by Roberta Flack
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Intro 1
(G major) (A major) (C minor) (G major)
Verse 1
Here I stand looking, (G major)
looking around me (A minor)
While all around me,
(Dsus4) what do I (D major) see (Dsus4) (G major)
Unhappy faces (B major) behind
a painted smile (E minor)
Heartache and loneliness (G major) dressed up
in modern style (C major)
Unhappy people (C minor) living in
(C major) sin and shame (G major)
Reflections of myself,
(Dsus4) life (D major) is no easy (B minor) game (E minor)
And we're caught in (A minor) the trade
winds (Dsus4)
The trade (D major) (Dsus4) winds (D major) of our
(G major) time
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Interlude 1
(G major) (A major) (Adim) (C minor) (G major)
Verse 2
Here I (G major) stand looking,
looking around me (A minor)
While all around me,
(Dsus4) what do I see (G major) (young girls who'll soon become)
Young girls who'll soon become (B major)
(walkers of the avenue)
Streetwalkers in the night (E minor) (young boys
of the neighborhood)
Young boys, the restless breed (G major) (tell me
what they're looking for)
Looking for a fight (C major) (children who
are rich and poor)
Children both rich and poor (C minor)
They're searching for the truth (G major)
And if (Dsus4) they (G major) don't find (D major) (Dsus4) it
God help to (C major) mor (B minor) row's youth (E minor)
We're caught (A minor) in the
trade winds (C major) (Dsus4)
The trade (D major) winds of (G major) our time (A major) (C minor) (the trade winds,
trade winds of our (G major) (C major) (G major) time)
Verse 3
Trade winds (G major) are blowing,
blowing around me (A minor)
And while all around me,
(Dsus4) what do I see (G major) (hatred and jealousy)
Hatred and jealousy (B major) (brotherhood is
dying out)
Brotherhood is dying (E minor) (love is
what we really need)
Love is the answer (G major)
Nobody's buying (C major)
Good people turning bad (C minor)
Some don't but they are few (G major)
The winds are blowing
(Dsus4) The choice (D major) is up
(B minor) to you (E minor)
We're caught (A minor) in the
trade winds (C major) (Dsus4)
The (C major) trade winds (Dsus4) (G major) of our time (ah ah ah)
(A major)
Interlude 2
(Adim) (C minor) (Adim) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 4
Yes, we're caught (G major) up (A major) in the
trade winds (C minor)
The trade winds of our (G major) time
And we're riding (A major) on the
trade winds (C minor)
The trade (Adim) wind (C minor) s of (G major) our time
We're caught up,
(A major) caught up in the trade wind (Adim) s (C minor)
The trade (Adim) winds (C minor) of (G major) our time
We are riding,
(A major) riding on the trade wind (Adim) (C minor) s
Trade winds of (G major) our time
Yes, we're caught up,
(A major) caught up in the trade winds (Adim) (C minor)
The trade (Adim) wind (C minor) s of (G major) our time
And we're riding,
(A major) riding on the trade wind (Adim) s
Trade winds of (G major) our time
We are riding, (A major) yes we're riding
(C minor) Trade winds of (G major) our time
And we're caught up,
(A major) caught up in the trade (A major) winds
Trade winds of our time
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