Give Us The Wind chords by The Future Islands

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

D#(2 measures) Bb majorBb (1) FF (1) (repeat X4)

Verse:
D#D#                 Bb majorBb FF
We set out to find something to hold
D#D#                   Bb majorBb FF
When seeking truth the answer is the road
D#D#                    Bb majorBb FF
When seeking wisdom the journey is your home
D#D#
Fight through the wind, fight through the rain
           Bb majorBb FF
Fight through the cold

D#D#                   Bb majorBb FF
We left ourselves behind on dancing wire
D#D#                       Bb majorBb FF
The loved ones we left back home will be our choir
D#D#                        Bb majorBb FF
Let the doubters be, The stick, the thorn, the briar
D#D#
Fight through the wind, fight through the rain
        Bb majorBb FF
Dance in the fire

Pre chorus:

D#D#      Bb majorBb FF
Don't bless me
D#D#        Bb majorBb FF
No, don't bless me
  D#D#           Bb majorBb FF
We don't want your blessings
 D#D#           Bb majorBb FF
Don't bless me
D#D#        Bb majorBb FF
No, don't bless me
  D#D#           Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
We don't want your blessings

Chorus:

   Bb majorBb     DmDm      G minorGm
Give me the pen, Give me the sword
   Bb majorBb         DmDm          G minorGm
Let me cut away the darkness, and pin it to the wall
   Bb majorBb       DmDm      G minorGm
Let us sing a song of beauty as before
   Bb majorBb     DmDm               G minorGm
Give us the wind, give us the wind, Give us the storm (Repeat and second time end on D#D#)

Verse:

Bb majorBb        FF
Pushing back the lake
D#D#
We found something more
Bb majorBb        FF
Like a song In a word
 D#D#
Like the heartbreak of birds

Bb majorBb         FF
And there, beneath the sand
D#D#
Looking like the rain
Bb majorBb         FF
We found some god
D#D#
And the will to change

Bb majorBb         FF        D#D#
We set out to find something to hold
Bb majorBb         FF        D#D#
When seeking truth the answer is the road
Bb majorBb         FF          D#D#
When seeking wisdom the journey is your home
Bb majorBb                   FF
Fight through the wind, fight through the rain
    D#D#
Fight through the cold

Pre chorus:

D#D#      Bb majorBb FF
Don't bless me
D#D#        Bb majorBb FF
No, don't bless me
  D#D#           Bb majorBb FF
We don't want your blessings
 D#D#           Bb majorBb FF
Don't bless me
D#D#        Bb majorBb FF
No, don't bless me
  D#D#           Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
We don't want your blessings

Chorus:

   Bb majorBb     DmDm      G minorGm
Give me the pen, Give me the sword
   Bb majorBb         DmDm          G minorGm
Let me cut away the darkness, and pin it to the wall
   Bb majorBb       DmDm      G minorGm
Let us sing a song of beauty as before
   Bb majorBb           DmDm
Give us the wind, give us the wind, Give us the storm