Verse
Fm G C
Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Fm
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out
G G/F C C/B
but when they will I can only guess.
Am Em Dm C
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
Am Em Dm C
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
Em F6
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
Fm G G/F C
People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
Fm G G/F C C/B
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
Am Em Dm C C/B
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
Am Em Dm C
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me any better than that
Em F6
Sweet lady.
[Chorus]
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
F F/G
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
C F
You're an idiot, babe.
G G7 C F/C C F/C
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Fm G
I ran into the fortune-teller, who said
G/F C
Beware of lightning that might strike
Fm G G/F C
I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
Am Em Dm C
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
Am Em
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done,
Dm C
In the final end he won the wars
Em F6
After losin' every battle.
Fm G G/F C
I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Fm G
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head
G/F C C/B
And are makin' me see stars.
Am Em Dm C
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
Am Em Dm C
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
Em F6
Blood on your saddle.
[Chorus]
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
F F/G
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
C F
You're an idiot, babe.
G6 C F/C C F/C
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Fm G G/F C
It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
Fm
You tamed the lion in my cage
G G/F C C/B
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
Am Em
Now everything's a little upside down
Dm C
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
Am Em
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
Dm C
You'll find out when you reach the top
Em F6
You're on the bottom.
Fm G G/F C
I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
Fm
I can't remember your face anymore,
G G/F C C/B
your mouth has changed, your eyes don't look into mine.
Am Em
The priest wore black on the seventh day
Dm C
And sat stone-faced while the building burned.
Am Em
I waited for you on the running boards,
Dm C
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Em F6
Slo-o-o-owly to autumn.
[Chorus]
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
F F/G
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
C F
You're an idiot, babe.
G C F/C C F/C
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
[Verse]
Fm G G/F C
I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
Fm G
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin'
G/F C C/B
I'd been somebody else instead.
Am Em Dm C
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
Am Em Dm C
I followed you beneath the stars, haunted by your memory
Em F6
And all your ragin' glory.
Fm G G/F C
I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
Fm
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
G G/F C C/B
On the borderline which separated you from me.
Am Em Dm C
You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
Am Em Dm C
And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
Em F6
And it makes me feel so sorry.
[Chorus]
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
F F/G
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
C F C
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
C F
We're idiots, babe.
G G7 C F/C C F/C
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.
[Outro] (harp)
| Fm | G G/F | C |
| Fm | G G/F | C C/B |
| Am Em | Dm C |
| Am Em | Dm C |
2/4 4/4
| Em | F6 |
| Fm | G G/F | C |
(fade out over last bars)