Verse
Am B E
Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Am
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out
B B/A E E/D#
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 A6
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
Am B B/A E
People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
Am B B/A E E/D#
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
C#m G#m F#m E E/D#
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, you didn't know me any better than that
G#m A6
Sweet lady.
[Chorus]
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
A A/B
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
E A
You're an idiot, babe.
B B7 E A/E E A/E
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Am B
I ran into the fortune-teller, who said
B/A E
Beware of lightning that might strike
Am B B/A 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
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done,
F#m E
In the final end he won the wars
G#m A6
After losin' every battle.
Am B B/A E
I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Am B
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head
B/A E E/D#
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 A6
Blood on your saddle.
[Chorus]
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
A A/B
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
E A
You're an idiot, babe.
B6 E A/E E A/E
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Am B B/A E
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
Am
You tamed the lion in my cage
B B/A E E/D#
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
C#m G#m
Now everything's a little upside down
F#m E
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
C#m G#m
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
F#m E
You'll find out when you reach the top
G#m A6
You're on the bottom.
Am B B/A E
I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
Am
I can't remember your face anymore,
B B/A E E/D#
your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine.
C#m G#m
The priest wore black on the seventh day
F#m E
And sat stone-faced while the building burned.
C#m G#m
I waited for you on the running boards,
F#m E
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
G#m A6
Slo-o-o-owly to autumn.
[Chorus]
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
A A/B
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
E A
You're an idiot, babe.
B E A/E E A/E
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Am B B/A E
I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
Am B
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin'
B/A E E/D#
I'd been somebody else instead.
C#m 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, haunted by your memory
G#m A6
And all your ragin' glory.
Am B B/A E
I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
Am
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
B B/A E E/D#
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 A6
And it makes me feel so sorry.
[Chorus]
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
A A/B
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
E A E
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
E A
We're idiots, babe.
B B7 E A/E E A/E
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[Outro] (harp)
| Am | B B/A | E |
| Am | B B/A | E E/D# |
| C#m G#m | F#m E |
| C#m G#m | F#m E |
2/4 4/4
| G#m | A6 |
| Am | B B/A | E |
(fade out over last bars)
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