Tim O'Brien - Brother wind

^F Made up my mind to go ^F Some place so far away, I ^Am headed we^Gst ^G With^Fout a sad goodbye ^F No hugs or tears that way,^Am it's probably f^Gor the b^Fest ^F I sent cards along the way ^F Said I was looking for a ^Ambrand new li^Gfe ^F But I never settled down ^F My wanderlust would always c^Amut the ties ^G like a ^Fknife ^{F F} Sometimes the lonesome wind ^F It calls out like it kn^Amows m^Ge ^{G F} And on a night like this ^F When I don't know where to go, it ^Amshows ^Gme the w^Fay ^F

'Cause k^Cnows ^Fme, ^F My ^Cbrother ^Fwind He's ^Clonely, ^Amtoo And he ^Gtakes me awa^Fy ^{F C F}

^F I always looked ahead ^F I was so afraid that I'd be^Am caught behi^Gnd ^{G F} I followed a crooked stream To p^Flaces I'd never been and ^Amone more ^Ghighway ^Fsign^{F F} And I'm like some other guys ^F I might count the hours 'til the ^Amday will ^Gend ^F But it's not so I can rest ^F For me it's the time that's best ^Amfor talking ^Gto my ^Ffriend^F

'Cause k^Cnows ^Fme, ^F My ^Cbrother ^Fwind He's ^Clonely, ^Amtoo And he ^Gtakes me awa^Fy

^F Now half my life is gone ^F The only home I ever had ^Am is open ^Groad ^F My skin's all cracked and brown It's a ^Fmirror to the desert ground and the ^Amdusty wind ^G that always ^Fblows ^F And I never made a mark ^F I just scattered footsteps on the^Amse shifting ^Gsands^{G F} Whatever pushes me ^F It's something only he could ^Am ever ^Gunders^Ftand ^F

'Cause k^Cnows ^Fme, My ^Cbrother ^Fwind He's ^Clonely, ^Amtoo And he ^Gtakes me awa^Fy

'Cause k^Cnows ^Fme, My ^Cbrother ^Fwind He's ^Clonely, ^Amtoo And he ^Gtakes me awa^Fy