THE WIND by Cat Stevens (1971)
Intro
D5
E |-------5------------5-----|-------5------------5------|
B |--3------------3----------|--3------------3-----------|
G |-----2---2--------2---2---|-----2---2--------2----2---|
D |--0------------0----------|--0------------0-----------|
A |--------------------------|---------------------------|
E |--------------------------|---------------------------|
D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7
E |-------5-----3--p2--p0----|---0------0----------------|
B |--3---------------------3-|---3---3------3---2--h3----|
G |-----2---2----------------|--------------0------------|
D |--0----------0------------|---------------------------|
A |--------------------------|--------------0------------|
E |--------------------------|---3-----------------------|
D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7
E |-------5-----3--p2--p0----|---0------0----------------|
B |--3---------------------3-|---3---3------3---2--h3----|
G |-----2---2----------------|--------------0------------|
D |--0----------0------------|---------------------------|
A |--------------------------|--------------0------------|
E |--------------------------|---3-----------------------|
Verse 1
D5 D4 D D2 G6
I list-en to the wind,
Asus7 A7 Asus7 D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7
To the wind of my soul,
D5 D4 D D2 G6
Where Ill end up, well, I think,
Asus7 A7 Asus7 D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7
Only God reall-y knows,
G A G A D Em G Em G A4 A
Ive sat upon the sett-ing sun, but never, nev-er, nev-er, nev-er,
G A G A D D2 D
I never wanted wat-er once-------,
Em G Em A G D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7 A7 Asus7
No, never, nev-er, nev-er!
D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7 D5
Verse 2
D5 D4 D D2 G6
I list-en to my words,
Asus7 A7 Asus7 D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7
But they fall far be -low,
D5 D4 D D2 G6
I let my music take me
Asus7 A7 Asus7 D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7
Where my heart wants to go,
G A G A D Em G Em G A4 A
I swam upon the dev-ils lake, but never, nev-er, nev-er, nev-er,
G A G A D D2 D
Ill never make the same mis-take-------,
Em G Em A G D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7 A7 Asus7
No, never, nev-er, nev-er!
D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7 D5
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CHORDS:
D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7
xx0235 xx0233 xx0232 xx0230 320030 x02030 x02020
A A4 G Em
x02220 x02230 320033 022000
This variation on the main riff, has an extra hammer-on with the
Asus7, & appears in the first 2 bars at the end of each verse:
D5 D4 D D2 G6 Asus7 A7 Asus7 A7 Asus7
E |-------5-----3--p2--p0----|---0------0----------------------|
B |--3---------------------3-|---3---3------3---2--h3----2--h3-|
G |-----2---2----------------|--------------0------------------|
D |--0----------0------------|---------------------------------|
A |--------------------------|--------------0------------------|
E |--------------------------|---3-----------------------------|
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