Tablature idiotwind - Bob Dylan

          



 # From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>

  {t:IDIOT WIND}

  {st:Bob Dylan}

  #(from Blood On the Tracks, 1974)

  

  Som[Am]eone's got it in for me, th[B]ey're planting stories in the pr[E]ess 

  Wh[Am]oever it is I wish they'd cut it out but w[B]hen they will I can only g[E]uess

  They s[C#m]ay I shot a ma[G#m]n named Gray and to[F#m]ok his wife to I[E]taly

  S[C#m]he inherited a m[G#m]illion bucks and w[F#m]hen she died it ca[E]me to me

  I can't he[G#m]lp it if I'm lu[A]cky

  

  People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act 

  Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts  

  Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at 

  I couldn't believe after all these years

  You didn't know me better than that, sweet lady 

  

  {c:CHORUS #1:}

  I[E]diot wind, bl[A]owing every time you move your m[E]outh

  Blo[A]wing down the backroads headin' so[B]uth  

  I[E]diot wind, blow[A]ing every time you move your t[E]eeth

  You're an idiot ba[A]be, it's a won[B]der that you still know how to br[E]eathe 

  

  I ran into the fortune teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike 

  I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's 

  like  There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door

  You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done

  In the final end he won the war after losin' every battle 

  

  I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are 

  Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see 

  stars  You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies  

  One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes

  Blood on your saddle 

  

  {c:CHORUS #2:}

  Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb

  Blowing through the curtains in your room  

  Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth

  You're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe 

  

  It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart 

  You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart  

  Now everything's a little upside down

  As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped

  What's good is bad, what's bad is good

  You'll find out when you reach the top, you're on the bottom 

  

  I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind 

  I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed

  Your eyes don't look into mine  

  The priest wore black on the seventh day

  And sat stone faced while the building burned  

  I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees

  While the springtime turned slowly into autumn 

  

  {c:CHORUS #3:}

  Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull

  From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol  

  Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth

  You're an idiot, babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe 

  

  I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read 

  Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else 

  instead  Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy

  I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory 

  And all your ragin' glory 

  

  I been double crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free

  I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline

  Which separated you from me  

  You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above

  And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love

  And it makes me feel so sorry 

  

  {c:CHORUS #4:}

  Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats

  Blowing through the letters that we wrote

  Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves

  We're idiots, babe, it's a wonder we can even feed ourselves 

  

  

  

   


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 Idiotwind, de Bob dylan 

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