Idiot Wind - chords, tab and comments


Bob Dylan has written songs about almost everything, not to mention pain and hatered. This one, from gorgeous 1975 album "Blood on the Tracks", is remarkably poisonous.
Cm                           D                 D7             G
someone's got it in for me  they're planting stories in the press
Cm                                              D             D7           G
whoever it is I wish they cut it out quick but when they will I can only guess
      Em           Bm                  C                G
they say I shot a man named Grey and took his wife to Italy
Em                 Bm               C                G
she inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me
         Bm             D7/9   D
I can't help it if I'm lucky
Cm                              D                 D7            G
people see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
       Cm                               D        D7            G
their minds are filled with big ideas  imagines and distorted facts
Em        Bm        C             G
even you yesterday had to ask me where it was at
Em                          Bm               C                      G
I couldn't believe it after all these years you didnt know me any better than that
Bm    D7/9   D
sweet lady

G            C            D7/9                 G
idiot wind  blowing every time you move your mouth
           C              D7/9             D7sus4   D
from the blowing down the backroad heading south
G            C            D7/9                 G
idiot wind  blowing every time you move your teeth
           Bm    C             D               D7                G
you're an idiot babe  it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
G major
G
C minor
Cm
C major
C
D major
D
D seventh
D7
D seventh added nine
D7/9
D seventh suspended four
D7sus4
E minor
Em
B minor
Bm
Bob Dylan