Black-Throated Wind Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]
[C][D]

[Verse 1]
Bringing [D]me down[Em]
I'm running [C]aground
Blind in the [G]light of the
interstate [D]cars[C][D]
Passing me [Em]by
The buses [C]and semis
Plunging like [G]stones from
a slingshot on [D]Mars

[Verse 2]
[G]
But I'm here by the [C]road
Bound to the load
[Am]That I picked up in ten
thousand cafes and [D]bars[G]
Alone with the rush of the drivers
who [C]won't pick me up
[Am]The highway, the moon,

[Verse 3]
the clouds, and the stars
[D]The [C]black-throated wind wind
[Bm]keeps on pouri[G]ng in
With its words of a life where
[D]nothing [Dm]is new[Bb][G][C]
Ah, Mother [Bm]American Night,
[G]I'm [D]lost fro[G]m the lig[F]ht
[C]Oh, I'm drowning in you

[Interlude 1]
[G][D]
[C][D]

[Verse 4]
I left St. [D]Louis, the City of [Em]Blues[C]
In the midst of [G]a storm I'd rather forget
[D]I tried to pretend it came
to an en[Em]d[C]
'Cause you weren't the wo
[G]man I thought I once met
[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]
But I can't [C]deny that
times have gone by
[Am]When I never had doubts
or thoughts of regret
[D]And[C] I [G]was a man
when all this began
[C]Who [Am]wouldn't think

[Verse 6]
twice about being there yet
[D]The[C] black-throated wind wind
[Bm]keeps on pouri[G]ng in
And it speaks of a life
[D]that passes [Dm]like [Bb]dew[G]
[C]It's forced me to see tha[Bm]t you[G]'ve
done better by [Dm]me[D][G][F]
Better by [C]me than I've done

[Interlude 2]
by you
[G][D][C]
[D][G][D]

[Verse 7]
What's to [D]be found,
racing [Em]around[C]
You carry your [G]pain wherever you [D]go
Full of the blues and trying to [Em]lose[C]
You ain't gonna [G]learn what you
don't want [D]to [G]know

[Verse 8]
So I give you my [G]eyes,
[C]and all of their lie[Am]s
Please help them to learn as
well as [D]to see[G]
Capture a [C]glance and make
it [Am]a dan[C]ce[Am]
Of looking at you looking at me
[D]

[Verse 9]
[C]The black-throated wind wind
[Bm]keeps on pouri[G]ng in
With its words of a lie that could
[D]almost be true
[Bb]Ah, Mother [G]Ame[C]rican Nig[G]ht,
here [Dm]comes [G]the [F]light
I'm turning around, that's
[C]what I'm gonna do
[G]

[Verse 10]
[F]
Goin' back [C]home that's
what I'm gonna [G]do[F]
[C]Turnin' [G]around[F]
[C]That's what I'm gonna do
[G]

[Verse 11]
[F]'Ca[C]use you[G]'ve[F]
done [C]better by me
[G]Than [F]I'v[C]e done by you