Wind Of Change Acoustic chords by Scorpions

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro: F  Dm  F  Dm  Am   Dm*  Am*  G*  C


Verse:

C                Dm
 I follow the Moskva
               C
 Down to Gorky Park
                  Dm*      Am*  G* C!
 Listening to the wind of change
C                 Dm
 An August summer night
                  C
 Soldiers passing by
                  Dm*      Am*  G* C!
 Listening to the wind of change

Intro:

F  Dm  F  Dm  Am   Dm*  Am*  G*  C

Verse:

C                     Dm
 The world is closing in
              C
 Did you ever think
                     Dm*          Am*    G*  C!
 That we could be so close, like brothers

C                    Dm
 The future's in the air
                    C
 I can feel it everywhere
                  Dm*          Am*    G*
 Blowing with the wind of change


Chorus:

C     G         Dm           G
 Take me to the magic of the moment
      C     G
On a glory night
          Dm            G             Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
 F               G         C
In the wind of change


Verse:

C                 Dm
 Walking down the street
             C
 Distant memories
                   Dm*          Am*    G*  C!
 Are buried in the past forever

C                Dm
 I follow the Moskva
               C
 Down to Gorky Park
                 Dm*          Am*    G*
 Listening to the wind of change


Chorus:

C     G         Dm           G
Take me to the magic of the moment
      C     G
On a glory night
          Dm            G             Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
      F!      G!
With you and me

C     G         Dm           G
Take me to the magic of the moment
      C     G
On a glory night
          Dm            G             Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
      F!      G!
With you and me


Bridge:

Am                        G
 The wind of change blows straight
                   Am
 Into the face of time
                            G
 Like a stormwind that will ring
                               C
 The freedom bell for peace of mind
                    Dm
 Let your balalaika sing
                         E
 What my guitar wants to say

Solo:

F  G  E  Am  F  G  Am

F  G  E  Am  G  E


Chorus:

C     G         Dm           G
Take me to the magic of the moment
      C     G
On a glory night
          Dm            G             Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
      F!      G!
With you and me

C     G         Dm           G
Take me to the magic of the moment
      C     G
On a glory night
          Dm            G             Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
      F!      G!
In the wind of change


Outro:

F  Dm  F  Dm  Am  Dm

(NOTES)

1) when a chord is followed by a !, it means that you do not strum the chord
but instead you play it in one quick downward motion.
2) when a chord is followed by a *, it means that the chord has to be plucked.
the plucking pattern is given below

(PLUCKING PATTERN)

The plucking progression for Dm, Am and G goes like this

     Dm         Am          G
e|---1-----|---0-----|------------|
B|-----3---|-----1---|-----3------|
G|-2-----2-|-2-----2-|-0-----0----|
D|-0-------|-2-------|-0-------0--|
A|-0-------|-0-------|-2----------|
E|-0-------|-0-------|-3----------|

Or this

    Dm         Am          G
e|---------|---------|---------|
B|-6-6-----|-5-5-----|-5-5-----|
G|-7---7---|-5---5---|-4---4---|
D|-7-----5-|-7-----7-|-5-----5-|
A|-5-------|-7-------|-5-------|
E|---------|-5-------|-3-------|

The whistling bit can be played on the guitar but it doesn't sound too good.

e|----------------------------|
B|----0-1--1-1-------0-1-3-1--|
G|--2----------2-2-2----------|x2
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

 The Dm,Am,G plucking is immediately picked up after the last note.

e|-----0-1-0---------------------|
B|-1-3---------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|