Whistle Down The Wind chords by Joan Baez

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Novice

Written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan 1992
Title song of Joan Baez' last album "Whistle Down The Wind" (2017)
Capo I

When twice E7, you can change from E7 1st fret to E7 bar chord on 7th fret
When twice B7, you can change from B7 1st fret to B7 bar chord on 7th fret

Intro:
A    E      A  D
Bm   E      A  E

Verse:
A         E      A         D
I grew up here   all of my life
      Bm           E       A  E
But I dreamed some day I'd go
          A         E             A      D
Where the blue-eyed girls and the red guitars and
    Bm    E      A
The naked rivers flow

D
I'm not all I thought I'd be
       A
I've always stayed around
D
And I've been as far as Mercy and Grand
B7               E7
Frozen to the ground

A            E            A         D
I can't stay here and I'm scared to leave
   Bm      E        A     E
So kiss me once and then
A          E       A        D
I'll go to hell, I might as well
   Bm        E        A
Be whistlin' down the wind

Break:
D                    A
 The bus is at the corner
D               A
Clock on the wall
D                A
 Broken down windmill
                 B7  B7
And no wind at all
D                  A
 I've yelled and I cursed
D                    A
 If I stay here I'll rust
D                     A
 I'm stuck like a shipwreck
                E7   E7
Out here in the dust

Instrumental:
A E A D Bm E A E A E A D Bm E A E A

           E           A          D
The sky is red and the world's on fire
        Bm      E           A   E
And the corn is taller than me
        A      E         A        D
And the dog is tied to a wagon of rain
        Bm      E           A   E
And the road is wet as the sea

D
 Sometimes the music from a dance
     A
Will carry across the plains
D
 Places I've been dreaming of
      B7           E7   E7
Dream only of your face

          A      E          A      D
There are places where they never sleep
        Bm     E     A    E
And the circus never ends
   A      E        A           D
So I will take the Marleybone coach
         Bm        E        A     E
And be   whistling down the wind
   A      E        A          D
So I will take the Marleybone coach
        Bm        E        A    E
And be  whistling down the wind

Outro:
A E A D Bm E A