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Does anyone have any idea how this song goes. I believe it is one of the Woody Guthrie songs Wilco did up with Billy Bragg but never put on an album (i have it on a few solo Tweedy concerts). I've searched everywhere for a tab and am not experienced enough to come up with it myself. Any help would be much appreciated.

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Does anyone have any idea how this song goes. I believe it is one of the Woody Guthrie songs Wilco did up with Billy Bragg but never put on an album (i have it on a few solo Tweedy concerts). I've searched everywhere for a tab and am not experienced enough to come up with it myself. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

I'm not sure if I've got a recording of that, I'll have to check after work. If you'll post an mp3 I'll send what I can...

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kaysettes, sounds like you are damn close, but here is what I am hearing...

 

I went ahead and put down the lyrics for the whole thing since I could not find them anywhere.

Choruses are all played the same, and verses are almost all played the same - the last line changes whether another verse or a chorus follows it. There are a lot hammer-ons and such that you can listen for and play to your liking. Great song.

 

Dm/maj7: X-X-0-2-2-1

 

That Wind That Blows

Capo 5

 

C Em Am Am7

There's a girl while she lay sleeping

Dm Dm/maj7 G

Sleeping in a secret pose

C Em Am Am7

I'm a broken-hearted sweetheart

F G

Listening to that wind that blows

 

C Em Am Am7

When my good friends gather round me

Dm Dm/maj7 G

In my graveyard flowers grow

C Em Am Am7

In my grave I'll be there sleeping

F G C

Listening to that wind that blows

 

F

Blow wind blow

C G

Long low lonesome

F

Blow wind blow

C G

Where no heart knows

F G

I'm your lonesome-hearted listener

F G C

Listening to that lonesome wind that blows

 

On those ocean sands I wander

Where those white cap breakers roll

I walked along the beach at midnight

Listening to that wind that blows

 

In this great and crowded city

Where the silver dollar flows

Many's a broken-hearted sweetheart

Listening to that wind that blows

 

Blow wind blow

Long low lonesome

Blow wind blow

Where no heart knows

I'm your lonesome-hearted listener

Listening to that lonesome wind that blows

 

I dreamt last night we lay together

Arm in arm we took a stroll

I woke up and the sky was cloudy

Listening to that wind that blows

 

Has it come your time to leave me?

Has it come your time to go?

Always dear I'll be here waiting

Listening to that wind that blows

 

Blow wind blow

Long low lonesome

Blow wind blow

Where no heart knows

I'm your lonesome-hearted listener

Listening to that lonesome wind that blows

 

C Em Am Am7 Dm Dm/maj7 G x2

C

 

Hope everybody enjoys playing this as much as I do. Post any corrections to lyrics or music.

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Absolutely Incredile. This was my first post and i did not expect to get something this quick. dashseven, I have had this song in my head for days now and could not get past the incredibly catchy basenotes on the C. Hats off to you! Thanks to everyone else as well.

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I actually also had just today gotten fed up with not being able to play the song, so I typed out all the lyrics as I listened on headphones. Then I decided to check here to see if anyone had any hints on how to play it, and kaysettes really set me up well. This is probably the fastest I have ever seen something go to completion, and I am not even very good at figuring stuff out just by hearing, so I'm really happy/proud that I contributed. I've never done a full tab with all the in-between notes. If nobody does it soon, perhaps I will give it a shot with this one.

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