[ Idiot Wind von Bob Dylan ]
Am B E
Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Am B E
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess
C#m G#m F#m E
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy
C#m G#m F#m E
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me
G#m A
I can't help it if I'm lucky
Am B E
People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
Am B E
Their minds are filled with big ideas, Images and distorted facts
C#m G#m F#m E
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at
C#m G#m F#m E
I couldn't believe after all these years
G#m A
You didn't know me better than that, sweet lady
Chorus 1:
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth
A B
Blowing down the back roads headin' south
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
A B E
You're an idiot babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
Am B E
I ran into the fortune teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
Am B E
I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like
C#m G#m F#m E
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door
C#m G#m F#m E
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done
G#m A
In the final end he won the war after losin' every battle
Am B E
I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Am B E
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars
C#m G#m F#m E
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies
C#m G#m F#m E
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes
G#m A
Blood on your saddle
Chorus 2:
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb
A B
Blowing through the curtains in your room
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
A B E
You're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
Am B E
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
Am B E
You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart
C#m G#m F#m E
Now everything's a little upside down as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
C#m G#m F#m E
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
G#m A
You'll find out when you reach the top, you're on the bottom
Am B E
I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
Am B E
I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed your eyes don't look into mine
C#m G#m F#m E
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone faced while the building burned
C#m G#m F#m E
I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees
G#m A
While the springtime turned slowly into autumn
Chorus 3:
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull
A B
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
A B E
You're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
Am B E
I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
Am B E C#m
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead
G#m F#m E
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy
C#m G#m F#m E
I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
G#m A
And all your ragin' glory
Am B E
I been double crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free
Am B E
I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me
C#m G#m F#m E
You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above
C#m G#m F#m E
And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love
G#m A
And it makes me feel so sorry
Chorus 4:
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats
A B
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves
A B E
We're idiots, babe, it's a wonder we can even feed ourselves .
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