The Wayward Wind Chords

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The Wayward Wind by Frank Ifield is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B7, F, C, Bb and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E                                  A   
Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind,   
           E                    B7   
a restless wind, that yearns to wander.   
          E                A   
And I was born the next of kin,  
            E     B7             E   
the next of kin to the wayward wind.   

#2.   
E   
In a lonely shack by a railroad track,   

I spent my younger days.   

And I guess the sound of the outward-bound  
          B7                     E   
made me a slave to my wandering ways.   


E                                  A   
Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind,   
           E                    B7   
a restless wind that yearns to wander.   
          E                A   
And I was born the next of kin,  
            E     B7             E   
the next of kin to the wayward wind.   

#3.   
F   
Oh, I met a girl in a border town,   

I vowed we'd never part.   

Though I tried my best to settle down,  
           C                  F   
She's now alone with a broken heart.   
   
F                                  Bb   
Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind,   
           F                    C7   
a restless wind that yearns to wander.   
          F                Bb   
And I was born the next of kin,   

OUTRO:   
            F     C7             F   
the next of kin to the wayward wind.(x2)   


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.   


    	

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