Verse
G#m A# D#
Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
G#m
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out
A# A#/G# D# D#/D
but when they will I can only guess.
Cm Gm Fm D#
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
Cm Gm Fm D#
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
Gm G#6
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
G#m A# A#/G# D#
People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
G#m A# A#/G# D# D#/D
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
Cm Gm Fm D# D#/D
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
Cm Gm Fm D#
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me any better than that
Gm G#6
Sweet lady.
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
G# G#/A#
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
D# G#
You're an idiot, babe.
A# A#7 D# G#/D# D# G#/D#
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
G#m A#
I ran into the fortune-teller, who said
A#/G# D#
Beware of lightning that might strike
G#m A# A#/G# D#
I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
Cm Gm Fm D#
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
Cm Gm
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done,
Fm D#
In the final end he won the wars
Gm G#6
After losin' every battle.
G#m A# A#/G# D#
I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
G#m A#
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head
A#/G# D# D#/D
And are makin' me see stars.
Cm Gm Fm D#
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
Cm Gm Fm D#
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
Gm G#6
Blood on your saddle.
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
G# G#/A#
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
D# G#
You're an idiot, babe.
A#6 D# G#/D# D# G#/D#
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
G#m A# A#/G# D#
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
G#m
You tamed the lion in my cage
A# A#/G# D# D#/D
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
Cm Gm
Now everything's a little upside down
Fm D#
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
Cm Gm
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
Fm D#
You'll find out when you reach the top
Gm G#6
You're on the bottom.
G#m A# A#/G# D#
I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
G#m
I can't remember your face anymore,
A# A#/G# D# D#/D
your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine.
Cm Gm
The priest wore black on the seventh day
Fm D#
And sat stone-faced while the building burned.
Cm Gm
I waited for you on the running boards,
Fm D#
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Gm G#6
Slo-o-o-owly to autumn.
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
G# G#/A#
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
D# G#
You're an idiot, babe.
A# D# G#/D# D# G#/D#
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
G#m A# A#/G# D#
I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
G#m A#
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin'
A#/G# D# D#/D
I'd been somebody else instead.
Cm Gm Fm D#
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
Cm Gm Fm D#
I followed you beneath the stars, haunted by your memory
Gm G#6
And all your ragin' glory.
G#m A# A#/G# D#
I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
G#m
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
A# A#/G# D# D#/D
On the borderline which separated you from me.
Cm Gm Fm D#
You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
Cm Gm Fm D#
And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
Gm G#6
And it makes me feel so sorry.
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
G# G#/A#
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
D# G# D#
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
D# G#
We're idiots, babe.
A# A#7 D# G#/D# D# G#/D#
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[Outro] (harp)
| G#m | A# A#/G# | D# |
| G#m | A# A#/G# | D# D#/D |
| Cm Gm | Fm D# |
| Cm Gm | Fm D# |
2/4 4/4
| Gm | G#6 |
| G#m | A# A#/G# | D# |
(fade out over last bars)
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