Because Of The Wind chords by Joe Ely

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:Gm C7C7

Verse:
FF
Do you know why the trees bend,
    DmDm  Bb majorBb  FF
At the West Texas border?
FF
Do you know why they bend,
G minorGm    C majorC
Sway and twine?
  FF
The trees bend because of the wind,
DmDm     Bb majorBb    FF
Across that lonesome border,
FF       DmDm
The trees bend because of the wind,
G minorGm   C majorC    FF
Almost all the time.

Chorus:
FF             DmDm  Bb majorBb FF
Have you seen my Caroleen, Up in Amarillo,
FF             G minorGm       DmDm  C majorC
Have you seen my Caroleen, The one that I call mine,
FF               DmDm    Bb6Bb6   F/CF/C
Well, if you see my Caroleen, With her hair of yellow,
FF       Dm7Dm7 DmDm  G minorGm      C majorC   FF
If you see my Caroleen, Tell her I'm doing fine.

FF DmDm Bb majorBb FF Gm7Gm7 C majorC FF DmDm Bb majorBb F/CF/C DmDm G minorGm C majorC F/CF/C

Verse:
FF                 DmDm     Bb majorBb   FF
She is to me like the breeze, That blows from Corpus Christi,
FF                 G minorGm        C majorC
She is to me like the breeze, That blows up from the sea,
  F/CF/C               DmDm     Bb majorBb   FF
Now if she is like the breeze, That blows from Corpus Christi,
FF       Dm7Dm7   DmDm      G minorGm    C majorC       F/CF/C
Then I must be like the trees, Cause Caroleen blows through me.

Chorus:
FF                   DmDm  Bb majorBb  F/CF/C
Do you know why the trees bend, At the West Texas border?
FF             G minorGm    C majorC   C7C7
Do you know why they bend, Sway and twine?
  F/CF/C
The trees bend because of the wind,
DmDm     Bb majorBb    F/CF/C
Across that lonesome border,
FF       Dm7Dm7         G minorGm   C majorC    FF
The trees bend because of the wind, Almost all the time,
FF       Dm7Dm7         G minorGm   C majorC    FF
The trees bend because of the wind, Almost all the time.