The Wind Beneath My Wings Chords
by Larry Henley
The Wind Beneath My Wings by Larry Henley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Gmaj7, C, D/C, G, Am, D7sus4, D7, F, D, B/D#, Em, D/F#, C/E, Am7, Am7/D and Gmaj9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
intro
Gmaj7 C D/C C
verse 1
G C D/C
It must have been cold there in my shad - ow,
G C D/C C
To never have sunlight on your face.
Am D7sus4 D7
You`ve been content to let me shine,
F D7sus4 D7
You always walked the step behind.
verse 2
G C D/C
I was the one with all the glo - ry,
D D/C C
While you were the one with all the strength,
Am D7sus4 D7
only a face without a name,
Am D B/D#
I never once heard you complain.
Chorus
Em C G D/F# D
Did you ever know that your my hero,
Em C G D/F# C/E D
and every thing i'd like to be?
Em C G D/F# D
i can fly higher than an ea - gle,
Am7 Am7/D D7 Gmaj9 C D/C
'Cause you are the wind___ beneath my wings.
verse 3
G C D/C
It might have appeared to go un - no - ticed,
G C D/C C
that i've got it all here in my heart,
Am D7sus4 D7
i want you to know i know the truth:
Am D B/D#
i would be nothin, without you
Chorus
Em C G D/F# D
Did you ever know that your my hero,
Em C G D/F# C/E D
and every thing i'd like to be?
Em C G D/F# D
i can fly higher than an ea - gle,
Am7 Am7/D D7 Gmaj9 C
'Cause you are the wind___ beneath my wings.
D/C Am7/D D7 G C D/C
you are the wind__ beneath my wings.