Nothing But A Breeze Chords
Nothing But A Breeze by Jesse Winchester is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords E, A, B7 and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E A B7 E
E
Life is much too short for some folks
A E
For other folks it just drags on
Some folks like the taste of smokey whiskey
A B7
Others figure tea is too strong
E
I'm the type of guy who likes to ride it down the middle
A E
I don't like all this bouncing back and forth
A E
Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie
B7 E
And my head in the cool blue North
E
In a small suburban garden
A E
Not a single neighbor knows our names
I know the woman wishes we would move somewhere
A B7
Where the houses aren't all the same
E
Jessy, I wish you would take me
Where the grass is greener
A E
I really couldn't say where it may be
A E
Somewhere up high on a mountain top
B7 E
Or down by the deep blue sea
A E
And there we'll do just as we please
Fm B7
It ain't nothing but a breeze
E
One day I'll be a old gray grandpa
A E
All the pretty girls will call me Sir
Now, they're asking me how things are
A B7
Soon they'll ask me how things were
E
Well, I don't mind being an old gray grandpa
A E
If you'll be my gray grandma
A E
But I'll suggest we go have our milk and cookies
B7 E
In the shade of the old paw paw
Instrumental Verse Chords
A E
There we'll do just as we please
Fm B7
It ain't nothing but a breeze
E
Life is just too short for some folks
A E
Other folks it just drags on
Some folks like the taste of smokey whiskey
A B7
Others figure tea is too strong
E
Now I'm the type of guy who likes to ride it down the middle
A E
I don't like all this bouncing back and forth
A E
Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie
B7 E
And my head in the cool blue North
A E
Yea, me I want to live with my feet in Dixie
B7 E
And my head in the cool blue North