Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: A augmentedA
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm E MajorE
Verse 1:
N.C. A augmentedA A augmentedA F# minorF#m F# minorF#m
Have you heard about the Ashidas, no one’s seen them since Christmas
A augmentedA A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Heard that they left during the night the husband, the wife, and the child
B minorBm B minorBm
Said nothing to anyone in the morning they were gone
E MajorE E MajorE N.C. A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
But after what they had been through who could blame them
A augmentedA A augmentedA F# minorF#m
It was only last winter they moved here to that big ol’ house on the hill
A augmentedA A augmentedA F# minorF#m F# minorF#m
We had no snow the whole winter, the weather man blamed the foehn wind
B minorBm B minorBm
Said it made it too warm for the snow to fall
E MajorE E MajorE N.C. A augmentedA A augmentedA
but nobody here had ever heard of such a thing
Chorus:
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind
Verse 2:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
She was pregnant and he had invested in a local business plan
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
But his partner ran off with all of their money and the ultra sound didn’t go as planned
B minorBm B minorBm
And he got arrested drunk out of his mind
E MajorE E MajorE N.C. A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
And when he got out there was no life in his eyes
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
The baby was born twelve weeks premature by emergency surgery
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
The first time she held her son she asked why did he stop breathing
B minorBm B minorBm E MajorE
The husband ran screaming down the hallway, they made it in time
E MajorE N.C. A augmentedA A augmentedA
but it took two months before they got home
Chorus:
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind
Verse 3:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
The first few months were rough there was so much to learn and do
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
The baby couldn’t eat on his own so he was fed through a gastric tube
B minorBm B minorBm
He had to be fed every four hours
E MajorE E MajorE N.C. A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
and it took more than an hour and a half at a time
A augmentedA A augmentedA F# minorF#m
But sometimes you’d see them and hear them through the open window at night
A augmentedA A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Holding each other their voices joined in a quiet lullaby
B minorBm B minorBm
Heard that they moved back in with his folks,
E MajorE E MajorE N.C. A augmentedA A augmentedA
(I guess) in times like that you need people around you
Chorus:
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Oo-oo-oo, Foehn wind