Idiot Wind Cifras

Idiot Wind - Take 4, Remake with organ overdub
From: The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased) 1961-1991
 
Tuning: D-A-D-F#-A-d
 
 
Am      xx5450
Bsus4   xx0877
B       x07777
E       054000
C#m     020020
G#m     xx4340
A       020120
B11     x02120
 
 
[Intro]
Am  Bsus4  B   E
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Am                         Bsus4             B              E
Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Am                                Bsus4              B              E
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it but when they will I can only guess.
     C#m          G#m                A                E
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
C#m             G#m               A                E
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
        G#m            B11
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Am                           Bsus4             B               E
People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
Am                                     Bsus4       B         E
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
C#m          G#m         A             E
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
  C#m                   G#m               A                  E
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that
G#m    B11
Sweet lady.
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
E           A                                E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth
A                                  B11
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
E           A                                E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
               A
You're an idiot, babe.
       G#m             B11               E
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
E   A   E   A   E
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Am                             Bsus4                      B              E
I threw the I-Ching yesterday, it said there might be some thunder at the well.
Am                                Bsus4              B              E
I haven't tasted peace and quiet for so long it seems like living hell.
          C#m          G#m                A                E
There's a lone soldier on the hill, watchin' falling raindrops pour.,
   C#m                 G#m                A                   E
You'd never know it to look at him, but at the final shot he won the war
       G#m         B11
After losin' every battle.
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
Am                             Bsus4               B                   E
I woke up on the roadside, day dreamin' about the way things sometimes are
Am                                Bsus4              B              E
Hoofbeats pounding in my head at break-neck speed and making me see stars.
     C#m               G#m             A             E
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
 C#m              G#m            A             E
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
G#m           B11
Blood on your saddle.
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
E           A                                   E
Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
A                                    B11
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
E           A                                E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
                A
You're an idiot, babe.
       G#m             B11               E
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
E   A   E   A   E
 
 
[Verse 5]
     Am                               Bsus4          B        E
It was gravity which pulled us in and destiny which broke us apart
Am                                Bsus4              B               E
You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
     C#m                  G#m               A                  E
Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
     C#m                  G#m                 A                  E
What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top
G#m           B11
You're on the bottom.
 
 
[Verse 6]
 
 Am                               Bsus4     B        E
I noticed at the ceremony, that you left your bags behind
Am                                  Bsus4              B               E
The driver came in after you left, he gave them all to me, and then he resigned.
     C#m                  G#m               A                     E
The priest wore black on the seventh day, walzed around while the building burned.
     C#m                  G#m               A                  E
You didn't trust me for a minute, babe. I've never known the spring to turn
G#m              B11
So quickly into autumn.
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
E           A                                E
Idiot wind, blowing everytime you move your jaw,
         A                             B11
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Mardi Gras.
E           A                                E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
                A
You're an idiot, babe.
       G#m             B11               E
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
 
 
[Instrumental]
E   A   E   A   E
 
 
[Verse 7]
 
   Am                                   Bsus4             B                    E
We pushed eachother a little too far, and one day it just jumped into a raging storm.
Am                                   Bsus4             B     E
A hound dog bayed behind your trees as I was packing up my uniform.
     C#m                G#m    A           E
I figured I'd lost you anyway, Why go on? what's the use?
   C#m                G#m               A                        E
In order to get in a word with you, I'd have had to come up with some excuse.
        G#m              B11
It just struck me kinda funny.
 
 
[Verse 8]
 
Am                                 Bsus4              B              E
I been double-crossed too much, at times I think I've almost lost my mind
Am                           Bsus4                B                    E
Lady-killers load ice on me behind my back, while imitators steal me blind
     C#m                G#m                 A                 E
You close your eyes and part your lips, and slip your fingers from your glove
  C#m            G#m                 A                  E
You can have the best there is, but it's gonna cost you all your love
    G#m              B11
You won't get it for money
 
 
[Chorus 4]
 
E           A                                  E
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
A                                   B11
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
E           A                                  E
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
               A
We're idiots, babe.
       G#m             B11               E
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
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