Idiot Wind
Idiot Wind

Idiot Wind chords by Bob Dylan

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  • Verse 1
    Someone’s 
    got 
    it 
    in 
    for 
    me 

    They’re 
    planting 
    stories 
    in 
    the 
    press 

    Whoever 
    it 
    is 

    wish 
    they’d 
    cut 
    it 
    out 
    quick 

    But 
    when 
    they 
    will 

    can 
    only 
    guess 

    They 
    say 
    shot 
    man 
    named 
    Gray 

    And 
    took 
    his 
    wife 
    to 
    Italy 

    She 
    inherited 
    million 
    bucks 

    And 
    when 
    she 
    died 
    it 
    came 
    to 
    me 

    can’t 
    help 
    it 
    if 
    I’m 
    lucky 

    Verse 2
    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 

    couldn’t 
    believe 
    after 
    all 
    these 
    years 

    You 
    didn’t 
    know 
    me 
    any 
    better 
    than 
    that 

    Sweet 
    lady 

    Chorus 1
    Idiot 
    wind 

    Blowing 
    every 
    time 
    you 
    move 
    your 
    mouth 

    Blowing 
    down 
    the 
    backroads 

    heading 
    south 

    Idiot 
    wind 

    Blowing 
    every 
    time 
    you 
    move 
    your 
    teeth 

    You’re 
    an 
    idiot, 
    babe 

    It’s 
    wonder 
    that 
    you 
    still 
    know 

    how 
    to 
    breathe 

    Verse 3
    ran 
    into 
    the 
    fortune-teller 

    Who 
    said 
    beware 
    of 
    lightning 

    that 
    might 
    strike 

    haven’t 
    known 
    peace 
    and 
    quiet 

    For 
    so 
    long, 

    can’t 
    remember 
    what 
    it’s 
    like 

    There’s 
    lone 
    soldier 
    on 
    the 
    cross 

    Smoke 
    pouring 
    out 
    of 
    boxcar 
    door 

    You 
    didn’t 
    know 
    it, 

    you 
    didn’t 
    think 
    it 
    could 
    be 
    done 

    In 
    the 
    final 
    end 
    he 
    won 
    the 
    war 

    After 
    losing 
    every 
    battle 

    Verse 4
    woke 
    up 
    on 
    the 
    roadside 

    Daydreaming 
    about 
    the 
    way 

    things 
    sometimes 
    are 

    Visions 
    of 
    your 
    chestnut 
    mare 

    Shoot 
    through 
    my 
    head 

    and 
    are 
    making 
    me 
    see 
    stars 

    You 
    hurt 
    the 
    ones 
    that 
    love 
    best 

    And 
    cover 
    up 
    the 
    truth 
    with 
    lies 

    One 
    day 
    you’ll 
    be 
    in 
    the 
    ditch 

    Flies 
    buzzing 
    around 
    your 
    eyes 

    Blood 
    on 
    your 
    saddle 

    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 
    wonder 
    that 
    you 
    still 
    know 

    how 
    to 
    breathe 

    Verse 5
    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 
    little 
    upside 
    down 

    As 
    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 
    bot
    tom 

    Verse 6
    noticed 
    at 
    the 
    ceremony 

    Your 
    cor
    rupt 
    ways 
    had 
    finally 
    made 
    you 
    blind 

    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 

    waited 
    for 
    you 
    on 
    the 
    run
    ning 
    boards 

    Near 
    the 
    cypress 
    trees, 

    while 
    the 
    springtime 
    turned 

    Slow- 
    ly 
    into 
    Autumn 

    Chorus 3

    Idiot 
    wind 

    Blowing 
    like 
    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 
    wonder 
    that 
    you 
    still 
    know 

    how 
    to 
    breathe 

    Verse 7
    can’t 
    feel 
    you 
    anymore 

    can’t 
    even 
    touch 
    the 
    books 
    you’ve 
    read 

    Every 
    time 
    crawl 
    past 
    your 
    door 

    been 
    wishing 

    I've 
    been 
    somebody 
    else 
    in
    stead 

    Down 
    the 
    highway, 
    down 
    the 
    tracks 

    Down 
    the 
    road 
    to 
    ecstasy 

    followed 
    you 
    be
    neath 
    the 
    stars 

    Hounded 
    by 
    your 
    memory 

    And 
    all 
    your 
    raging 
    glory 

    Verse 8
    been 
    double-crossed 
    now 

    For 
    the 
    very 
    last 
    time 
    and 
    now 
    I’m 
    finally 
    free 

    kissed 
    goodbye 
    the 
    howling 
    beast 

    On 
    the 
    borderline 

    which 
    separated 
    you 
    from 
    me 

    You’ll 
    never 
    know 
    the 
    hurt 
    suffered 

    Nor 
    the 
    pain 
    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 

    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 
    wonder 
    we 
    can 
    even 

    feed 
    our
    selves 

    Outro 1





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