The Howling Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G]
[D]

[Verse 1]
I can see the [G]iron[D]
horses' tracks
Pressed in the mud from the [Dsus4]weight
of [D]all that steam and [G]steel
But the wind don't blow
where you want it to go
No, the wind just goes where it
will and [D]you follow
I can feel the breath of winter
Driving this snow across these
newly-whited plains
[G]plains
Takes my breath from me
and it leaves me falling
Then it picks me up again in
its own [Em]strength

[Verse 2]
And I can hear [G]the wild wind [A]howling
And I can feel it [C]in my [G]bones
And I know that the [A]howling will
take me [C]home

[Interlude 1]
[C][Dsus4][G][D]

[Verse 3]
I can see some [D]traveler's footprints
There's a little bit of blood
in every step he [G]made
I wonder what kind of burden
he's bearing
That has cut him so deeply every
step along the long, long [D]way
In the west I see an evening
This scarlet thread stretched beneath
the gather[Dsus4]ing dark[G]
Red as the blood on the
hands of the Savior
And rich as the mercy that flowed
from his broken [Em]heart

[Verse 4]
And I can hear [G]the wild wind [A]howling
And I can feel it [C]in my [G]bones
And I know that the [A]howling will
take [Am]me ho[C]me

[Verse 5]
[Em]
These men of vi[C]olence,
they have [G]made this a world full of [Em]wars
Oh God break your si[G]lence and let
your [C]justice shine forth
Show some mercy, [G]Oh Lord[D]

[Verse 6]
Cause I can see a [D]people dispossessed
Broken and brave in the
face of so much [G]fear
Driven from their homes by
the greed of a nation
Whose treaties were as good as litter
Along the trail of their [D]tears
I can see [Dsus4]the Covenant [D]colors
The sun and the rain [Dsus4]have woven
against the [G]blue of [D]the sky
[G]And I know if we live we will
live by his promise
I know He who made it and
And I'm sure that He would not [Em]lie

[Verse 7]
And I can hear [G]the wild wind [A]howling
And I can feel it [C]in my [G]bones
And I know [A]that [C]the howl