Catch The Wind Chords
by Joan Baez
Catch The Wind by Joan Baez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, E, A, F# and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
CAPO: II
Intro: G . . . C . . . G . . . D . . .
G C
In the chilly hours and minutes
G C
Of uncertainty, I want to be
G C G . . . D
In the warm hold of your love and mine
G C
To feel you all around me
G C
And to take your hand along the sand
G C D G . C . G . . .
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
G C
When sundown pales the sky
G C
I want to hide a while behind your smile
G C G . . . C
And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find
G C
Standing in your heart
G C
Is where I want to be and long to be
G C D G . C . G . . .
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
C E
Di di di di, di di di di
C A
Di di di di, di di di di
D
Di di di
G C
When rain has hung the leaves with tears
G C
I want you near to still my fears
G C G . . . D . . .
To help me to leave all my blues behind
G C
For me to love you now
G C
Would be the sweetest thing 'twould make me sing
G C D G . C . G
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
G C D G . C . G
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
This could also be transposed to having no Capo, and playing in A:
CAPO I:
G = A
C = D
D = E
E = F#
A = B