When the Winds Blow chords by Midge Ure

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Verse 1
G 
Common people living quietly
in confusion
F 
Information's giving quite
Em 
a grand illusion
G 
Hearts are beating,
keeping time to meet a deadline
F 
Faces pressed against the pane
Em 
to watch a headline

Verse 2

When the winds blow I will call

When the winds blow I will call you

We will stand and watch them fall

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Verse 3

All our ships are sailing blindly

under one sun

Sending signals, calling kindly,

reaching no-one

Echoes Echoes sound the shifting

air of empires calling

Hold my hand,

the shifting sand of empires falling

Verse 4
G 
F 
C 
D 
When the winds blow I will call
G 
F 
C 
D 
When the winds blow I will call
G 
F 
Bm 
C 
When the winds blow I will call you
Bm 
Cm 
We  will stand and watch them fall
G 
Cm 
G 
Oh, we'll stand and watch them fall

Interlude 1

Verse 5
G 
We confided, then decided not to follow
F 
All the slogans, taunts and charges,
Em 
sound so hollow
G 
With open minds across the border,
we have waited
F 
But keeping place within this
race is complicated
Em 

Verse 6

When the winds blow I will call

When the winds blow I will call you

We will stand and watch them

Verse 7
G 
F 
C 
D 
When the winds blow I will call
G 
F 
C 
D 
When the winds blow I will call
G 
F 
Bm 
C 
When the winds blow I will call you
Bm 
Cm 
G 
We will stand and watch them fall
Cm 
G 
Cm 
G 
Oh, we'll stand and watch them fall