Catch the wind    (intro)

 

                 C                       F                   C         F

1. In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainty I want to be

    C                         G                    C   - G

    in the warm hold of your lovin' mind.

           C                 F                          C                      F

    To feel you all around me, and to take your hand along the sand,

                   C                  G                          C  - F - G

    ah but I might as well try and catch the wind.

 

 F                 G               Am              D

Di dee, dee di dee, di di di dee, di di di dee,

         G            G7

di di dee, dee, dee dee dee.

 

                 C                           F                    C

2. When sundown pales the sky I want to hide a while

      F                                  C                      G                           C - G

    behind your smile, and everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

                      C            F                             C

    For me to love you now would be the sweetest thing,

                    F

    it would make me sing,

                   C                  G                           C -F-C

    ah but I might as well try and catch the wind.     + CHORUS

 

                C                          F                            C

3. When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near,

         F                        C                        G                       C - G

    to kill my fears, to help me, to leave all my blues behind.

       C                      F                       C                      F

    Standin' in your heart is where I want to be and long to be,

                    C                 G                          C - F-C                     + C

    ah but I might as well try and catch the wind.     + CHORUS

 

    (Donovan)