Pissin' In The Wind Chords

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Pissin' In The Wind by Jerry Jeff Walker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, Em 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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C                    G 
Pissin' in the wind, bettin' on a losing friend 
D                          D             C          D 
Makin' the same mistakes, we swore we'd never make again 
C                                        G 
And we're pissin' in the wind, but it's blowing on all our friends 
D                         C            G 
We're gonna sit and grin and tell our grandchildren 
 
Verse: 
D                          
About the time I called this Guy it was four in the morning 
C                          G 
Teach me the words to the song I was humming 
C  D  G  C  D  G 
(hum along) 
                                                                     D                                           
He just laughed and he said that the ole grey cat is  
    C               G 
sneakin' down the hall 
   D                                              C 
But all he wants to know is who in the hell is paying for  
      D 
the call 
 
Chorus 
 
Now this Nunn called me up, it was eight in the morning 
Wanted to know how in the world am I doin' 
He just laughed and he said get together boy, and fall on by the house 
Some Gonzo buddies would like to play anything your's picking now 
 
Chorus 
 
Now we worked and we suffered and struggled 
Makin' our record till we got it right 
Now we're waiting on the check to come sneaking down the hall 
Like that old time feeling 
That we never should have ever put the record out at all 
 
Chorus 
 
G         C         D              G              Em 
That the answer my friend is just pissin' in the wind 
     C         D              G     C7 
The answer is pissin' in the sink 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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