Against the wind    (video)    (intro)    (midi)

 

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1.            It seems like yesterday,            but it was long ago,

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    Janey was lovely, she was the queen of my nights,

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    there in the darkness with the radio playing low. And ...

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    And the secrets that we shared,         the mountains that we moved,

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     caught like a wildfire out of control

                           C                                                           D      - D7

    till there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove.

 

                   Em           D                     G

    And I remember what she said to me,

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    how she swore that it never would end.

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    I remember how she held me, oh, so tight,

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    wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

 

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    Against the wind,        we were running against the wind,

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we were young and strong, we were running against the wind.

 

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2.     And the years rolled slowly past,           and I found myself alone,

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    surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends,

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    I found myself further and further from my home. And I

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    guess I lost my way,             there were, oh, so many roads,

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    I was living to run, and running to live,

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    never worrying about paying, or even how much I owed.

 

              Em              D                                G

    Movin' 8 miles a minute for months at a time,

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    breaking all of the rules that would bend.

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    I began to find myself just searching.

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    searching for shelter again and again.

 

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    Against the wind,      a little something against the wind,

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I found myself seeking shelter against the wind.

 

3. instrumental = verse 2, lines 1 - to 6

 

                        Em         D                        G

    Well, those drifter's days are past me now,

                Em             C                     G

    I've got so much more to think about,

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    deadlines and commitments,

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    what to leave in,          what to leave out.

 

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    Against the wind,        I'm still running against the wind,

       C       D                Am           C              G

I'm older now but still running against the wind.

               C        G                 D                              C                         G

Well, I'm older now and still running against the wind, against the wind.

 

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+  Against the wind, still running, against the wind .....

 

+ repeat last line 10 x (with varying lyrics) ....

 

 

    (Bob Seger)