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Tuning: Standard
Intro: Everyone
N.C.
As I traveled down the back roads
Am F
Of this home I love so much
Verse 1: New Main Street Singers
C
Every carpenter and cowboy
D7 G7
Every lame man with a crutch
C Em
They’re all talking ‘bout a feeling
F G7 G
‘Bout a taste that’s in the air
F F G C
They’re all talking ‘bout this mighty wind that’s blowing everywhere
Chorus: Everyone
Bb F
Oh, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
Bb F
And it’s kicking up the sand
Am D7 G7 G
It’s blowing out a message to every woman, child and man
Bb F
Yes, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
C E Am G
Cross the land and cross the sea
F C Am F G G
It’s blowing peace and freedom. It’s blowing equality.
Verse 2: Folksman
C
From a lighthouse in Bar Harbor
Am F
To a bridge called Golden Gate
C
From a trawler down in Shreveport
D7 G7
To the shore of one Great Lake
C Em F G7 G
There’s a star on the horizon that’s burning like a flare
F C F G C
It’s lighting up this mighty wind that’s blowing everywhere
Repeat chorus
Verse 3: Mitch and Micky
C
When the blind man sees the picture
Am F
When the deaf man hears the word
C
When the fisherman stops fishing
D7 G7
When the hunter spares the herd
C Em F G7 G
We’ll still hear the wondrous story of a world where people care
F C F G C
The story of this mighty wind that’s blowing everywhere
Final chorus: everyone
Bb F
Oh, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
Bb F
And it’s kicking up the sand
Am D7 G7 G
It’s blowing out a message to every woman, child and man
Bb F
Yes, a mighty wind’s a-blowin'
C E Am G
Cross the land and cross the sea
F C Am F G C
It’s blowing peace and freedom. It’s blowing equality.
F C Am F G C G C
Yes, it’s blowing peace and freedom. It’s blowing you and me.
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