Bob Dylan – Idiot Wind (Ukulele)
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Chords
D7 2-0-2-0 Gmaj7 0-2-2-2 C6 0-0-0-0 Cadd9 0-2-0-3
[Verse]
Cm D G Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press Cm Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out D D7 G Gmaj7 but when they will I can only guess. Em Bm Am G They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy, Em Bm Am G She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me. Bm C6 I can't help it if I'm lucky. Cm D D7 G People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act Cm D D7 G Gmaj7 Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts. Em Bm Am G Gmaj7 Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at, Em Bm Am G I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me any better than that Bm C6 Sweet lady.
[Chorus]
G C G Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth, C C/D Blowing down the backroads headin' south. G C G Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, G C You're an idiot, babe. D D7 G C G C It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Cm D I ran into the fortune-teller, who said D7 G Beware of lightning that might strike Cm D D7 G I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like. Em Bm Am G There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door, Em Bm You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, Am G In the final end he won the wars Bm C6 After losin' every battle. Cm D D7 G I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are Cm D Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head D7 G Gmaj7 And are makin' me see stars. Em Bm Am G You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies. Em Bm Am G One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes, Bm C6 Blood on your saddle.
[Chorus]
G C G Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb, C C/D Blowing through the curtains in your room. G C G Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, G C You're an idiot, babe. D6 G C G C It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Cm D D7 G It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart Cm You tamed the lion in my cage D D7 G Gmaj7 But it just wasn't enough 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. Cm D D7 G I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind Cm I can't remember your face anymore, D D7 G Gmaj7 your mouth has changed, 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 G Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned Bm C6 Slo-o-o-owly to autumn.
[Chorus]
G C G Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull, C C/D From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol. G C G Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, G C You're an idiot, babe. D G C G C It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Cm D D7 G I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read Cm D Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' D7 G Gmaj7 I'd been somebody else instead. Em Bm Am G Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy, Em Bm Am G I followed you beneath the stars, haunted by your memory Bm C6 And all your ragin' glory. Cm D D7 G I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free, Cm I kissed goodbye the howling beast D D7 G Gmaj7 On the borderline which separated you from me. Em Bm Am G You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above, Em Bm Am G And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love, Bm C6 And it makes me feel so sorry.
[Chorus]
G C G Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, C C/D Blowing through the letters that we wrote. G C G Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves, G C We're idiots, babe. D D7 G C G C It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[Outro] (harp)
| Cm | D D7 | G |
| Cm | D D7 | G Gmaj7 |
| Em Bm | Am G |
| Em Bm | Am G | 2/4 4/4
| Bm | C6 |
| Cm | D D7 | G | (fade out over last bars)