Chords with lyrics
Tuning: EADGBE
Verse 1:
C majorC
You were born by the rolling ocean;
DmDm G+G
I was born in the mountains green.
C majorC
Sing to the wind and the wind will tell you
DmDm G+G C majorC
All of the things the wind has seen.
C majorC
Listen to the tin can highway hummin';
DmDm G+G
Listen to the plow in the new green ground.
C majorC
Hear the sound of a freight train comin'.
DmDm G+G C majorC
There could be a place you never have found.
Chorus:
C majorC
Listen to the sound,; listen to the sound;
FF G+G
Listen to the tune that the wind brought down.
C majorC
Listen to the old-time sound of the fiddle
FF G+G C majorC
Telling of the place you never have found.
Verse 2:
C majorC
We were born by different highways;
DmDm G+G
That's the difference in our ways.
C majorC
You can hear a sound of far off places...
DmDm G+G C majorC
Echoes of a song in other days.
C majorC
You were born by the rolling ocean
DmDm G+G
I was born in the mountains green.
C majorC
Sing to the wind and the wind will tell you
DmDm G+G C majorC
All of the things you never have seen.
Chorus:
C majorC
Listen to the sound,; listen to the sound;
FF G+G
Listen to the tune that the wind brought down.
Listen to the old-time sound of the fiddle
FF G+G C majorC