Idiot Wind Chords by Bob Dylan

Tempo:
79.075 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Bm

D

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Idiot Wind chords
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[Cm] Someone's got it in for [D] me, they're planting star rays in [G] the press
[Cm] Whoever it is, I wish they cut it out [D] quick, but when they will, I [G] can only guess
[Bm]
[Em] They say I [Bm] shot a man named [Am] Gray and took his [G] wife to Italy
[Em] She earned [Bm] hers at a million [Am] bucks, and when she [G] died, it came to [Bm] me
I can help [C] her if I'm lucky
[Cm] People see me all the time, [D] and they just can't [G] remember how to act
[Cm] Their minds are filled with big ideas, [D]
images, and [G] distorted facts
[Em]
Even [Bm] you, yesterday, [Am] you had to ask [G] me where it was [Em] at
I couldn't [Bm] believe after all these [C] years, you didn't [G] know me any better than [Bm] that Sweet [C] lady
[G] Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing every time [G] you move your
[C] Blowing [Am] notes and sounds
[G] Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing every [G] time you move your teeth
You're an [C] yeti, babe
[D] It's a wonder that you still know [G] how to breathe
[C] [G] I [C] [Cm] ran into the fortune [D] teller, who said beware of lightning, let [G] man stray
[Cm] I haven't known peace and quiet [D] for so long, I can't remember [G] what it's like
[Em] There's a lone [Bm] soldier on the [Am] cross, smoke pouring [G] out of a boxcar door
[Em] You didn't know [Bm] it, yet it's big, it could [Am] be done, in the final [G] end he won the war
[Bm] After losing [C] every battle
I [Cm] woke up on the roadside, [D] daydreaming about the way things [G] sometimes are
[Cm] Visions of your chestnut mare [D] shoot through my head and are making me [G] see stars
[Em] You heard the [Bm] words that I'm the [Am] best, they cover up [G] the truth with lies
[Em] One day you'll [Bm] be in the ditch, [Am] flies buzzing [G] around your [Bm] eyes, blood on [C] your saddle
[G] Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing through the flowers on [G] your tomb
[C] Blowing through the curtains [D] in your [Am] room
[G]
Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing every time you [G] move your teeth
You're an [C] yeti, babe
[Bm] It's a wonder [D] that you still know [G] how to breathe
[C] [G]
[C] [Cm] It was gravity which pulled us [D] down, and destiny which broke [G] us apart
You [Cm] tamed the lion in my [D] cage, but it just wasn't enough to change [G] my heart
[Em] Now [Bm] everything's a little upside [Am] down, as a matter of fact [G] the wheels have stopped
[Em] What's good is [Bm] bad, what's bad is [Am] good, you'll find out [G] when you reach the top
[Bm] You're [Am] on the bottom
[Cm] I noticed that this ceremony, [D] your corrupt ways, had finally [G] made you blind
[Cm] I can't remember your face [D] anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't [G] look the same
The [Em] priest wore [Bm] black on the seventh [Am] day, and sat stone [G]-faced while a building [Em] burned
I waited for [Bm] you on the running boards, [Am] near the cypress tree [G] while the springtime [Bm] turned
[C] Slowly into autumn
[G]
Yeti, it's weird
[C] Blowing like a circle [G] around my skull
From [C] the grand coulodans to [Am] the capitol
[G] Yeti, it's [C] weird
Blowing every time you [G] move your teeth
You're an [C] yeti, [D] babe
It's a wonder that you still know [G] how to breathe
I [Cm]
can't feel you [D] anymore, I can't even touch [G] that butt, you friend
[Cm] Every time I crawl past your [D] door, I've been wishing I'd been somebody [G] else instead
[Em] Down [Bm] the highway, down [Am] the tracks, down the [G] road to [Em] ecstasy
I followed [Bm] you beneath the [Am] stars, haunted [G] by your [Bm] memory
And all [C] your rage and glory
[Cm] I've been double-crossed [D] now for the very last time, and now I'm [G] finally free
I [Cm] kissed goodbye the howling [D] beast on the borderline which separated [G] you from me
[Em] You'll never [Bm] know the hurt I've [C] suffered, nor the [G] pain I'm rising [Em] for
And I'll never [Bm] know the same about [Am] you, your holiness, [G] or your kind of [Bm] love
And it makes me [C] feel so sorry
[G] Yeti, it's weird
[C] Blowing through the buttons [G] of our coats
[C] Blowing through the letters [D] that we wrote
[G]
Yeti, it's weird
[C] Blowing through the dust [G] upon our shelves
We're [C] yeti, it's weird
[D] It's a wonder we can't even [G] feed ourselves
[Cm] [D]
[G] [Cm]
[D] [G]
[Em] [Bm] [Am]
[G] [Em] [Bm] [Am]
[G] [Bm] [C]
[Cm] [D] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Bm
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D
1321
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
Bm
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To learn Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, Em, Bm, Am, G, Cm, D, G and Bm. Kick off your practice at a gentle 39 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 79 BPM. With an eye on the song's key G Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Cm] Someone's got it in for [D] me, they're planting star rays in [G] the press
_ _ [Cm] Whoever it is, I wish they cut it out [D] quick, but when they will, I [G] can only guess
[Bm]
[Em] They say I [Bm] shot a man named [Am] Gray and took his [G] wife to Italy
[Em] She earned [Bm] hers at a million [Am] bucks, and when she [G] died, it came to [Bm] me
I can help [C] her if I'm lucky
_ [Cm] People see me all the time, [D] and they just can't [G] remember how to act
[Cm] Their minds are filled with big ideas, [D]
images, and [G] distorted _ facts
[Em]
Even [Bm] you, yesterday, [Am] you had to ask [G] me where it was [Em] at
I couldn't [Bm] believe after all these [C] years, you didn't [G] know me any better than [Bm] that Sweet [C] _ lady
_ [G] _ Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing every time [G] you move your _ _
_ [C] _ Blowing [Am] notes and sounds
_ [G] _ Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing every [G] time you move your teeth
You're an [C] yeti, babe
[D] It's a wonder that you still know [G] how to breathe
[C] _ _ [G] I [C] _ _ [Cm] ran into the fortune [D] teller, who said beware of lightning, let [G] man stray _
_ [Cm] I haven't known peace and quiet [D] for so long, I can't remember [G] what it's like
_ [Em] There's a lone [Bm] soldier on the [Am] cross, smoke pouring [G] out of a boxcar door
[Em] You didn't know [Bm] it, yet it's big, it could [Am] be done, in the final [G] end he won the war
[Bm] After losing [C] every battle
I [Cm] woke up on the roadside, [D] daydreaming about the way things [G] sometimes are _
[Cm] Visions of your chestnut mare [D] shoot through my head and are making me [G] see stars
_ [Em] You heard the [Bm] words that I'm the [Am] best, they cover up [G] the truth with lies
[Em] One day you'll [Bm] be in the ditch, [Am] flies buzzing [G] around your [Bm] eyes, blood on [C] your saddle
_ [G] _ Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing through the flowers on [G] your tomb
_ _ [C] Blowing through the curtains [D] in your [Am] room
_ [G] _
Yeti, you're weird
[C] Blowing every time you [G] move your teeth
You're an [C] yeti, babe
[Bm] It's a wonder [D] that you still know [G] how to breathe
[C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ [Cm] It was gravity which pulled us [D] down, and destiny which broke [G] us apart
You [Cm] tamed the lion in my [D] cage, but it just wasn't enough to change [G] my heart
[Em] Now [Bm] everything's a little upside [Am] down, as a matter of fact [G] the wheels have stopped
[Em] What's good is [Bm] bad, what's bad is [Am] good, you'll find out [G] when you reach the top
[Bm] You're [Am] on the bottom _
[Cm] I noticed that this ceremony, [D] your corrupt ways, had finally [G] made you blind
_ [Cm] I can't remember your face [D] anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes don't [G] look the same
The [Em] priest wore [Bm] black on the seventh [Am] day, and sat stone [G]-faced while a building [Em] burned
I waited for [Bm] you on the running boards, [Am] near the cypress tree [G] while the springtime [Bm] turned
_ [C] Slowly into autumn
[G] _
Yeti, it's weird
[C] Blowing like a circle [G] around my skull
From [C] the grand coulodans to [Am] the capitol
_ _ [G] _ Yeti, it's [C] weird
Blowing every time you [G] move your _ teeth
You're an [C] yeti, [D] babe
It's a wonder that you still know [G] how to breathe
_ I _ _ _ [Cm] _
can't feel you [D] anymore, I can't even touch [G] that butt, you friend
_ [Cm] Every time I crawl past your [D] door, I've been wishing I'd been somebody [G] else instead
_ [Em] Down [Bm] the highway, down [Am] the tracks, down the [G] road to [Em] ecstasy
I followed [Bm] you beneath the [Am] stars, haunted [G] by your [Bm] memory
And all [C] your rage and glory
_ [Cm] I've been double-crossed [D] now for the very last time, and now I'm [G] finally free
I [Cm] kissed goodbye the howling [D] beast on the borderline which separated [G] you from me
_ [Em] You'll never [Bm] know the hurt I've [C] suffered, nor the [G] pain I'm rising [Em] for
And I'll never [Bm] know the same about [Am] you, your holiness, [G] or your kind of [Bm] love
And it makes me [C] feel so sorry
_ [G] _ Yeti, it's weird
[C] Blowing through the buttons [G] of our coats
_ [C] Blowing through the letters [D] that we wrote
_ [G] _
Yeti, it's weird
[C] Blowing through the dust [G] upon our shelves
_ We're [C] yeti, it's weird
[D] It's a wonder we can't even [G] feed ourselves _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

This song is part of Blood On The Tracks album.