Sting – August Winds (Guitar)

Capo 2

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Lots of beautiful chords underpin this song from Sting's 2013 The Last Ship album. This tune is picked - Sting tends to pick the bass note then two or three higher notes, so for each of the chords I've indicated just the strings that he picks on the piece - I hope that it makes sense! Chords ====== C x3505x Cm9 x3x43x G/B x2x03x Asus x0x00x C/G 3x201x F6 1x201x C/F 1x021x Gsus 3x353x G6 3x343x E/G# 4x21xx Am7 x2x01x

F(2)   xx355x
F6(2)  xx353x

Eadd9 x0405x A7sus4 x0403x D/F# 2xx23x D/F 1xx23x Am x02210 G6 3x000x C/E xx301x C(2) x3x01x Dm7 x57x5x F 1x32xx Intro ===== C Cm9 x4 Verse 1 =======

     C   G/B   Asus   C/G   F6   C/F   Gsus   G6
When Au -gust  winds  are   turn-ing

    C       G/B       Asus   C/G     F6   C/F   Gsus4   G6
The fishing boats set out    u-pon   the  sea

  E/G#       Am7       G/B    C    
I watch 'til they sail out of sight

    F2       F6(2)     Gsus4   G6
The winter   follows   soon

  E/G#       Am7      G/B    C    
I watch them drawn in-to the night

    Eadd9    A7sus4   Gsus4 G6
Be-neath the August   moon

Verse 2 =======

C   G/B   Asus   C/G   F6   C/F   Gsus   G6
No  one   knows  I     come here

C    G/B    Asus   C/G   F6   C/F   Gsus   G6
Some things I      don't sha -are

  E/G#     Am7       G/B     C    
I can't ex-plain the reasons why

   F2    F6(2)       Gsus4   G6
It moves me close to tears

   E/G#      Am7    G/B      C    
Or something in the season's change

     Eadd9   A7sus4    Gsus4   G6
Will find me wandering here

Verse 3 =======

    C   G/B   Asus   C/G   F6   C/F   Gsus   G6
And in  my    pub   -lic   mo  -ments

  C        G/B      Asus    C/G         D/F#   D/F
I hear the things I say but they're not me

    G6                E/G#    
Per-haps I'll know be-fore I die

   Am7                C/E
Ad-mit that there's a reason why

  C(2)      F        G6      Dm7    Am   C/G   D/F#
I count the boats re-turning to the sea

  C(2)      F        G6      Dm7    C   
I count the boats re-turning to the sea

G/B Asus C/G F6 C/F Gsus G6 Verse 4 =======

    C   G/B   Asus   C/G   F6   C/F   Gsus   G6
And in  my    pri   -vate  mo  -ments

  C        G/B       Asus      C/G       D/F#   D/F
I drop the mask that I've been forced to wear

    G6(2)             E/G#    
But no-one knows this secret me

      Asus      C/E
Where albeit un-consciously

  C(2)      F        G6      Dm7      Am   C/G   D/F#
I count the boats re-turning from the sea

  C(2)      F        G6      Dm7      C
I count the boats re-turning from the sea

Cm9   C     Cm9  C     Cm9   C     Cm9  C    
                 Oooh  oooh  oooh

Cm9  C    Cm9  C    Cm9   C   
     Oooh oooh oooh

----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England July 2014 [email protected]