Chords for Kärleken och Vinden

_ The other one is even sadder.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And this one is [N] written_
My round back is written by Evert Taube. _ _
_ Or Evert Taube, as they say on the list. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ It's about coming back.
_ _ [N] Coming back to where _ _ you were before.
Back in the days _ _ when you _ _ had a girl at 17,
who was your girlfriend.
_ _ _ And _ _ when you come back _ after_
_ _ I've had a _ parallel experience of that.
For example, after 30 years,
there's a chance that she's still alive.
But if it's been almost 60 years, _
[Cm] then [D] it's_
you never know. _ _
_ _ Evert Taube writes [D] about me,
who comes back after 60 years.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ I get a [Gm] little shock, actually,
because I _ _
[N] remember_
He walks up to the house _ _ _ _ _ _ and knocks on the door.
And then he opens the door and there's Pinar standing there. _ _
The same Karin.
_ _ 17 years old, with a sea breeze in his hair. _ _
_ _ And he says,
Has the wheel of time stopped here?
_ _ But it hasn't.
_ The time had passed, and there were _ _ _ [A] children_ _ _ _
And a whole _ _ _ lot_ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ The love of the wind,
[E] which is about the invincible,
_ [A] _
the love of [F#] _ _ _ [A]
the _ _ _ _ west wind,
which takes and gives in the wilderness. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He came as a stranger _ _
to [F#m] an island,
_ [F#] an island [A] by the north [E] stream, _ _
_ _ [A] _ where the [E] memory of [A] a [Em] [F#m] fairytale island
_ [Bm]
which whispered [E] _ in [A] his _ _ dreams
_ _ [D] _ _
drew him to [A] a _ [F#m] fairytale cave
_ [B] _ in the same _ pale, [E] _ west wind _
_ [A] which he [E] saw _ _ [C#m] her _ _ [F#m] _ hair
when _
[Bm] she [E] was _ _ [A] 17 years _ old _ _ _ _
[E] Here under oak [A] and _ [F#m] oak trees
[Bm] which still [A] fight against [E] storms _ _ _ _
My [A] _ _ [E] wild rosebud [A]
in the [F#m] _ farmland
[Bm] has bloomed [E] _ by [A] my side
_ _ _ [D] He thought quietly _ [A] for [F#m] sixty years
_ _ _ [B] Soon it was gone, _ _
[E] now _ it's back _ _
[A] to gently [E] _ _ open [A] _ her [F#m] _ curtain _
and [D] watch the [E] _ _ _ [A] wind rise
_ And _ _ _ the door opened, _ _ _ and there [F#m]
she stood
_ _ [Bm] A _ [A] wild _ rosebud, [E] a sage _ _
_ _ [A] _ Has [E] the wheel of time stopped [F#m] _ here?
_ [Bm] He was in [E] _ _ [A] a trance
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ There she stood, _ like me
_ [F#m] Young then, [B] with a calm forehead
_ [E] and a _ _ clear gaze
[A] _ The [E] same Karin, _
_ [C#m] 17 [F#m] _ years old
With [D] the sea [E] wind _ [A] in her hair _ _ _ _ _ _
Then she rose from the _
[F#m] corner of the cottage
_ [Bm] An _ [A] old, green [E] _ woman _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Come in, [E] come in, _ [A] come [Em] [F#m] in through the door
_ [Bm] _
To the village [E] _ you can soon reach
_ [A] Come _ _ _ [D] in, my friend, _ _ [A] _ from the [F#m] fleeting years
_ [B] You see that _ [E] the wheel of time is moving
_ [A] And like [E] a roe, _
_ [A] the [E] [F#m] spring wind is beating _
[Bm] Against _ [E] a certain [A] _
_ chimney _ _ _ _ _
It's [E] the same [A] windy day
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] That [A] sang in our [E] _ fields _
_ _ _ [A] When [E] we were young
_ [A] _ _ [Em] You [F#m] and I, _
[D] _ we [E] played the same _ _ _ [A] games
_ _ [D] _
Just when you stood here, [A] _ [F#m] in our door
_ [B] _ I noticed the wind, _ [E] _ as beautiful as before
[A] _ _ At a [E] distance, _ I have [C#m] followed [F#m] your path
[Bm] And prayed [E] to God [A] for you
_ Yes, _ _ _ here you see [E] _ _ [A] my _ [F#m] smallest gold
_ [Bm] Yes, I [A] am the [E] _ word of grandmother _
And _ [A] _ it [E] is only _
[A] for the sake of the little [Em] [F#m] one
_ _ [D] _
_ That I [E] was born [A] in the earth
_ The _ [D] _ _
west wind, [A] it _ _ [F#m] _
pulls
_ [B] It took our son [E] _ when he became a father
_ [A] To _ [E] her, _ _
[A] _ for [F#m] her mother, _ [Bm] the grief [E] became _ _ [A] too great _ _ _ _ _ _
Say nothing, _ _ _ _ kiss [F#] only [D] from _ _ our little [A] _ Karin's _ [E] forehead _ _
So [A] _ _ it [E] becomes _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] less heavy in here _
[Bm] Even _ though [E] you are not allowed to stay
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ [D] _
Kiss this baby _ [A] _ _
[F#m] of our dream
_ [B] When _ I have gone _ [E] away, become _ just as young
_ _ [A] _ Towards [E] her then, _ [A] who followed _ [F#m] _
me
_ [Bm] Until _ I [E] have _ _ loved _ you
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