Verse
A#m C F
Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
A#m
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out
C C/A# F F/E
but when they will I can only guess.
Dm Am Gm F
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
Dm Am Gm F
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
Am A#6
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
A#m C C/A# F
People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
A#m C C/A# F F/E
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
Dm Am Gm F F/E
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
Dm Am Gm F
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me any better than that
Am A#6
Sweet lady.
[Chorus]
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
A# A#/C
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
F A#
You're an idiot, babe.
C C7 F A#/F F A#/F
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
A#m C
I ran into the fortune-teller, who said
C/A# F
Beware of lightning that might strike
A#m C C/A# F
I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
Dm Am Gm F
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
Dm Am
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done,
Gm F
In the final end he won the wars
Am A#6
After losin' every battle.
A#m C C/A# F
I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
A#m C
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head
C/A# F F/E
And are makin' me see stars.
Dm Am Gm F
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
Dm Am Gm F
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
Am A#6
Blood on your saddle.
[Chorus]
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
A# A#/C
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
F A#
You're an idiot, babe.
C6 F A#/F F A#/F
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
A#m C C/A# F
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
A#m
You tamed the lion in my cage
C C/A# F F/E
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
Dm Am
Now everything's a little upside down
Gm F
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
Dm Am
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
Gm F
You'll find out when you reach the top
Am A#6
You're on the bottom.
A#m C C/A# F
I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
A#m
I can't remember your face anymore,
C C/A# F F/E
your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine.
Dm Am
The priest wore black on the seventh day
Gm F
And sat stone-faced while the building burned.
Dm Am
I waited for you on the running boards,
Gm F
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Am A#6
Slo-o-o-owly to autumn.
[Chorus]
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
A# A#/C
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
F A#
You're an idiot, babe.
C F A#/F F A#/F
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
A#m C C/A# F
I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
A#m C
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin'
C/A# F F/E
I'd been somebody else instead.
Dm Am Gm F
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
Dm Am Gm F
I followed you beneath the stars, haunted by your memory
Am A#6
And all your ragin' glory.
A#m C C/A# F
I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
A#m
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
C C/A# F F/E
On the borderline which separated you from me.
Dm Am Gm F
You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
Dm Am Gm F
And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
Am A#6
And it makes me feel so sorry.
[Chorus]
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
A# A#/C
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
F A# F
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
F A#
We're idiots, babe.
C C7 F A#/F F A#/F
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[Outro] (harp)
| A#m | C C/A# | F |
| A#m | C C/A# | F F/E |
| Dm Am | Gm F |
| Dm Am | Gm F |
2/4 4/4
| Am | A#6 |
| A#m | C C/A# | F |
(fade out over last bars)