Winds Of The Old Days chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:

  G+G         A minorAm
The lady's adrift in a foreign land
  D MajorD         G+G
Singing on issues both humble and grand
  G+G         A minorAm
A augmentedA decade flew past her and there on the page
  D MajorD         G+G
She read that the prince had returned to the stage

  G+G         A minorAm
Hovering near treacherous waters
  D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA friend saw her drifting and caught her
  G+G         A minorAm
Unguarded fantasies flying too far
  D MajorD         G+G
Memories tumbling like sweets from a jar

Chorus 1:

  C majorC         G+G
And take me down to the harbor now
  D MajorD         G+G
Grapes of the summer are low on the bough
  C majorC         G+G
Ghosts of my history will follow me there
  D MajorD         G+G
And the winds of the old days will blow through my hair


Verse 2:

  G+G         A minorAm
Breath on an undying ember
  D MajorD         G+G
It doesn't take much to remember
  G+G         A minorAm
Those eloquent songs from the good old days
  D MajorD         G+G
That set us to marching with banners ablaze

  G+G         A minorAm
But reporters, there's no sense in prying
  D MajorD         G+G
Our blue-eyed son's been denying
  G+G         A minorAm
The truths that are wrapped in a mystery
  D MajorD         G+G
The sixties are over so set him free

Chorus 2:

  C majorC         G+G
And take me down to the harbor now
  D MajorD         G+G
Grapes of the summer are low on the bough
  C majorC         G+G
Ghosts of my history will follow me there
  D MajorD         G+G
And the winds of the old days will blow through my hair


Verse 3:

  G+G         A minorAm
Why do I sit the autumnal judge?
  D MajorD         G+G
Years of self-righteousness will not budge
  G+G         A minorAm
Singer or savior, it was his to choose
  D MajorD         G+G
Which of us knows what was his to lose?


Bridge:

   A minorAm         B minorBm
Because idols are best when they're made of stone
   E minorEm         A minorAm
A augmentedA savior's a nuisance to live with at home
   A minorAm         B minorBm
Stars often fall, heroes go unsung
   E minorEm         A minorAm
And martyrs most certainly die too young


Verse 4:

  G+G         A minorAm
So thank you for writing the best songs
  D MajorD         G+G
Thank you for righting a few wrongs
  G+G         A minorAm
You're a savage gift on a wayward bus
  D MajorD         G+G
But you stepped down and you sang to us


Chorus 3:

  C majorC         G+G
And get you down to the harbor now
  D MajorD         G+G
Most of the sour grapes are gone from the bough
  C majorC         G+G
Ghosts of Johanna will visit you there
  D MajorD         G+G
And the winds of the old days will blow through your hair