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Tuning: Standard
Intro: Everyone
N.C.
As I traveled down the back roads
LAm FA
Of this home I love so much
Verse 1: New Main Street Singers
DO
Every carpenter and cowboy
RE7 SOL7
Every lame man with a crutch
DO MIm
They’re all talking ‘bout a feeling
FA SOL7 SOL
‘Bout a taste that’s in the air
FA FA SOL DO
They’re all talking ‘bout this mighty wind that’s blowing everywhere
Chorus: Everyone
SIb FA
Oh, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
SIb FA
And it’s kicking up the sand
LAm RE7 SOL7 SOL
It’s blowing out a message to every woman, child and man
SIb FA
Yes, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
DO MI LAm SOL
Cross the land and cross the sea
FA DO LAm FA SOL SOL
It’s blowing peace and freedom. It’s blowing equality.
Verse 2: Folksman
DO
From a lighthouse in Bar Harbor
LAm FA
To a bridge called Golden Gate
DO
From a trawler down in Shreveport
RE7 SOL7
To the shore of one Great Lake
DO MIm FA SOL7 SOL
There’s a star on the horizon that’s burning like a flare
FA DO FA SOL DO
It’s lighting up this mighty wind that’s blowing everywhere
Repeat chorus
Verse 3: Mitch and Micky
DO
When the blind man sees the picture
LAm FA
When the deaf man hears the word
DO
When the fisherman stops fishing
RE7 SOL7
When the hunter spares the herd
DO MIm FA SOL7 SOL
We’ll still hear the wondrous story of a world where people care
FA DO FA SOL DO
The story of this mighty wind that’s blowing everywhere
Final chorus: everyone
SIb FA
Oh, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
SIb FA
And it’s kicking up the sand
LAm RE7 SOL7 SOL
It’s blowing out a message to every woman, child and man
SIb FA
Yes, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
DO MI LAm SOL
Cross the land and cross the sea
FA DO LAm FA SOL DO
It’s blowing peace and freedom. It’s blowing equality.
FA DO LAm FA SOL DO SOL DO
Yes, it’s blowing peace and freedom. It’s blowing you and me.
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