Caribbean Wind chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Verse 1:
G+G               B minorBm
She was well rehearsed, fair brown and blonde
     E minorEm                C majorC
She had friends who was busboys and friends in the Pentagon
G+G        Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
Playin' a show in Miami in the theater of divine comedy.


🎸 Verse 2:
G+G                 B minorBm
Talked in the shadows where they talked in the rain
     E minorEm             C majorC
I could tell she was still feelin' the pain
  G+G   Bm/F#      E minorEm  D MajorD C majorC
Pain of rejection, pain of infidelity.

🎸 Verse 3:
G+G                 B minorBm
Was she a child or a woman? I can't say which
     E minorEm           C majorC
One to another she could easily switch.
G+G       Bm/F#      E minorEm   D MajorD     C majorC
Couples were dancin' an' i lost track of the hours.

🎸 Verse 4:
G+G              B minorBm
He was well prepared, i knew he was
     E minorEm            C majorC
Paying attention like a rattlesnake does
G+G       Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
When he's hearin' footsteps tramplin' over his flowers.

🎸 Chorus 1:
FF            G+G      C majorC     FF
And that Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico
FF              G+G      C majorC
From the circle of ice to the furnace of desire.
FF             G+G            C majorC     FF
An' them distant ships of liberty on 'em iron waves so bold and free
FF             C majorC           G+G
Bringing everything that's near to me, nearer to the fire.

🎸 Instrumental:
E minorEm A augmentedA
E minorEm B7B7
E minorEm A augmentedA
B7B7 A augmentedA
E MajorE

🎸 Verse 5:
G+G                      B minorBm
She looked into my soul through the clothes that i wore
     E minorEm                 C majorC
She said, "We got a mutual friend standin' at the door.
G+G     Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
Yeah, you know he's got our best interest in mind.”

🎸 Verse 6:
G+G                    B minorBm
He was well connected, but her heart was a snare
     E minorEm         C majorC
And she had left him to die in there
G+G      Bm/F#      E minorEm    D MajorD    C majorC
Here were payments due and he was a little behind.

🎸 Verse 7:
G+G                    B minorBm
Well i slept in a hotel where flies buzz my head
     E minorEm                C majorC
Ceiling fan was broken, there was heat in my bed
G+G    Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD   C majorC
Street band playin', "Nearer My God To Thee.”

🎸 Verse 8:
G+G                 B minorBm
We met in secret where we drank from a spring
     E minorEm                   C majorC
She said, "I know what you're thinkin', but there ain't a thing
G+G     Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC
We can do about it, so we might as well let it be.”

🎸 Chorus 2:
FF            G+G      C majorC     FF
The Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico
FF              G+G      C majorC
From the circle of ice to the furnace of desire.
FF             G+G        C majorC        FF
An' them distant ships of liberty on 'em iron waves so bold and free
FF             C majorC           G+G
Bringing everything that's near to me, nearer to the fire.

🎸 Instrumental:
E minorEm A augmentedA
E minorEm B7B7
E minorEm A augmentedA
B7B7 A augmentedA
E MajorE

🎸 Verse 9:
G+G               B minorBm
Atlantic City, two years to the day
     E minorEm                C majorC
I hear a voice cryin', "Daddy” and i looked that way
G+G        Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
But it's only the silence on the buttermilk hills that call.

🎸 Verse 10:
G+G                 B minorBm
Every new messenger bringin' evil reports
     E minorEm              C majorC
'Bout riotin' armies and time that is short
G+G           Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
An' earthquakes and train wrecks and hate words scribbled on walls.

🎸 Verse 11:
G+G                   B minorBm
Would i have married her? I don't know i suppose
     E minorEm                C majorC
She had bells in her braids and they hung to her toes
G+G      Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
But i heard my mirrored destiny said to be movin' on.

🎸 Verse 12:
G+G                  B minorBm
And i felt it come over me, some kind of gloom
     E minorEm                  C majorC
For the sake of "Come on with me girl, i got plenty of room.”
G+G        Bm/F#      E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
But i knew i'd be lyin' and besides she had already gone.

🎸 Chorus 3:
FF            G+G      C majorC     FF
And that Caribbean winds still blow from Nassau to Mexico
FF              G+G      C majorC
Circle of ice to the furnace of desire.
FF            G+G        C majorC        FF
And them busy ships of liberty on 'em iron waves so bold and free
FF             C majorC           G+G
Bringing everything that's near to me, nearer to the fire.

🎸 Instrumental:
E minorEm A augmentedA
E minorEm B7B7
E minorEm A augmentedA
B7B7 A augmentedA
E MajorE