Four Winds
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Capo 3rd fret
Em, C, G, Am, G, Am, C x4
Vers:
Em C
Your class, your caste, your country, sect, your name or your tribe
G Am
There's people always dying trying to keep them alive
G Am
His body's decomposing in containers tonight
C
In an abandoned building where
Em C
A squatter's made a mural of a Mexican girl
G Am
With fifteen cans of spray paint in a chemical swirl
G Am
She's standing in the ashes at the end of the world
C
Four winds blowing through her hair
Omk:
Am D Am D
But when great Satan's gone, the whore of Babylon
C G C G
She just can't sustain the pressure where it's placed
Am
She caves
Em, C, G, Am, G, Am, C
Vers:
Em C
The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qur'an is mute
G Am
If you burn them all together you'd get close to the truth
G Am
Still they're pouring over sanskrit on the ivy league moons
C
While shadows lengthen in the sun
Em C
Cast on a school of meditation built to soften the times
G Am
And hold us at the center while the spiral unwinds
G Am
It's knocking over fences, crossing property lines
C
Four winds, cry until it comes
Omk:
Am D
And it's the song of man
Am D
Slouching towards Bethlehem
C G C G
A heart just can't contain all of that empty space
Am D
It breaks, it breaks, (it breaks)
Em, C, Em, C, Em, C, D
Vers:
Em C
Well, I went back, I rent a Cadillac, a company jet
G Am
Like a newly orphaned refugee, retracing my steps
G Am
All the way to Cassadega to commune with the dead
C
They said, "You'd better look alive"
Em C
And I was off to old Dakota where a genocide sleeps
G Am
In the black hills, the bad lands, the calloused east
G Am
I buried my ballast, I made my peace
C
With four winds, levelling the pines
Omk:
Am D Am D
But when great Satan's gone, the whore of Babylon
C G C G
She just can't remain with all that outer space
Am D Am D
She breaks, she breaks, she caves, she caves.
End on: Em
How to play Four Winds
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Em. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.