Winds Of The Old Days

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  • Intro and occasional interlude between verses (sometimes without the second hammer-on):
     
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    ---0--0--0h2-0---------0--0--|
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    3-------------------3--------|
     
  • Verse pattern (on the recording some notes are played by the bass):
     
    G Am D G
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    ---0--0--------------1--1-------1--------3--3-------3----------|
    ---0--0--------------2--2-------2--------2--2--0h2--2----------|
  • ---0--0--------------2--2--0h2--2-----0----------------0-------|
    ------------0--2--0----------------0---------------------------|
    3--------3------------------------------------------------3----|
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    So, Verse (4 times for one verse, or 2 times 2 in the last one where the bridge breaks
    up):
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    The[G]lady's adrift in a [Am]foreign land
    [D]Singing on issues both [G]humble and grand
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    Chorus:
     
  • And[C]take me down to the[G]harbor now
    [D]Grapes of the summer are[G]low on the bough
    [C]Ghosts of my history will[G]follow me there
  • And the[D]winds of the old days will blow through my [G]hair
     
    Bridge (twice):
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    Because[Am]idols are best when they're [Bm]made of stone
    A[Em]savior's a nuisance to [Am]live with at home
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    WINDS OF THE OLD DAYS
  • (Words and Music by Joan Baez)
     
    The lady's adrift in a foreign land
  • Singing on issues both humble and grand
    A decade flew past her and there on the page
    She read that the prince had returned to the stage
  • Hovering near treacherous waters
    A friend saw her drifting and caught her
    Unguarded fantasies flying too far
  • Memories tumbling like sweets from a jar
     
     
  • And take me down to the harbor now
    Grapes of the summer are low on the bough
    Ghosts of my history will follow me there
  • And the winds of the old days will blow through my hair
     
     
  • Breath on an undying ember
    It doesn't take much to remember
    Those eloquent songs from the good old days
  • That set us to marching with banners ablaze
    But reporters, there's no sense in prying
    Our blue-eyed son's been denying
  • The truths that are wrapped in a mystery
    The sixties are over so set him free
     
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    And take me down to the harbor now
    Grapes of the summer are low on the bough
  • Ghosts of my history will follow me there
    And the winds of the old days will blow through my hair
     
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    Why do I sit the autumnal judge
    Years of self-righteousness will not budge
  • Singer or savior, it was his to choose
    Which of us knows what was his to lose
     
  • Because idols are best when they're made of stone
    A savior's a nuisance to live with at home
    Stars often fall, heroes go unsung
  • And martyrs most certainly die too young
     
    So thank you for writing the best songs
  • Thank you for righting a few wrongs
    You're a savage gift on a wayward bus
    But you stepped down and you sang to us
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    And get you down to the harbor now
  • Most of the sour grapes are gone from the bough
    Ghosts of Johanna will visit you there
    And the winds of the old days will blow through your hair
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