The Wind Cries Mary Acoustic chords by Jimi Hendrix

Standard Tuning EADGBe


*In the original key on the LP.


C - 81010988
Bb - 688566
B - 799899
G - 355433
Eb - 668898  and x866xx
E - 779997  and x977xx
F - 881010108 and x1088xx

["and" refers to the second time
the progression is played in the riff]

Intro:

Eb E F  Eb E F


Verse 1:

C     B  Bb         F
After all the jacks are in their boxes
C       B  Bb     F
And the clowns have all gone to bed
C         B   Bb      F
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
G     Bb     Eb E F
Footsteps dressed in red...
G    Bb      Eb E F  Eb E F
And the wind whispers Mary....


Verse 2:


C    B  Bb    F
A broom is drearily sweeping
C         B   Bb     F
Up the broken peices of yesterday's life
C    B  Bb    F
Somewhere a queen is weeping
G      Bb     Eb E F
Somewhere a king has no wife...
G      Bb  Eb E F  Eb E F
And the wind cries Mary....


[Instrumental Break]

F Eb Bb Ab
F Eb Bb Ab
F Eb Bb Ab
G Bb C# F


Verse 3:

C         B   Bb   F
The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow
C        B   Bb     F
And shine the emptyness down on my bed
C      B  Bb  F
The tiny island sags downstream
G          Bb    Eb E F
Cause the life that lived is dead...
G      Bb    Eb E F  Eb E F
And the wind screams Mary....


Verse 4:

C     B  Bb   F
Will the wind ever remember
C      B  Bb      F
The names it has blown in the past?
C          B   Bb      F
With its crutch, its old age, and its wisdom
G             Bb   Eb E F
It whispers no, this will be the last...
G      Bb  Eb E F  Eb E F   Eb E F   Eb E F
And the wind cries Mary....