[Intro]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
[Verse]
Am Am/G Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
Bring a howling rage
C G/B
Bring to me the sanity
D
That I so dearly crave
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Here I sit in the darkness
Am Am/E C C/G
Here I am bound in chains
C G/B
A shadow of my former self
D
‘ere little else remains
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
My mind is a field fallen fallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Whistling]
C Am Em
G D C
G D Em
[Verse]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
Beyond all pale and ken
C G/B
Carry me across the sea
D
Where I’ll be free again
Am Am/E Am Am/E
To live a life of virtue
Am Am/E C C/G
Free from tax and tithe
C G/B
To build upon the shred of hope
D
That’s keeping me alive
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
My soul’s a dying river black and shallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Interlude]
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
G Am C D
G Am C D
G G/F# Em D
[Verse]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
A bitter northern gale
C G/B
Bring to me the bravery
D
To face my end with hale
Am Am/E Am Am/E
To shed nary a tear
Am Am/E C C/G
As I face down the horde
C G/B
Gathered on the village green
D
To reap a grim reward
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
With looks upon their faces cold and sallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Interlude]
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
[Bridge]
C Am Em
What once the land that beckoned me home
G D C
Is now but cinder and scheme
C Am Em
What once was domain of pirate and lord
G D Em
Is now the American Dream
C Am Em
What once was a land of promise and hope
G D C
Is now but cinder and scheme
C Am Em
What once was domain of tyrant and crown
G D Em
Is now the American Dream
[Outro]
N.C.
Is now the American Dream
Em
Is now the American Dream
N.C.
Is now the American Dream
Em
Is now the American Dream