Wyoming Wind by Mark Erelli
This song is off of Seven Curses, an album of murder ballads by Erelli & Jeffrey Foucault. I saw Caitlin
Canty perform this song live, and I believe this version is probably a little closer to hers. I think you
can find a similar performance on youtube. Standard fingerings for all chords with lots of hammer-ons and
pull-offs.
I capo III to suit my voice, but i don't think that will match any recording. Enjoy!
G D
Oh, The Laramie lights
G
Sparkle like diamonds
G D
Like the stars fallen down from the night
Em
They just kept a-shinin'
C
And there's a runaway train
D
On the high desert plain
Em C
Untamed and it won't be fenced in
G D
And it's known by the name
G
of the Wyoming Wind
G D
It'll rip through a man
G
Like a bullet but faster
G D
From Cody on down to Cheyenne
D Em
Clear through to Nebraska
C
It howls and it haunts
D
Goes where it wants
Em C
I'll taunt you and get under your skin
G D
No, there ain't no shelter
G
From the Wyoming Wind
Em
AS the tears you did weep
C
Washed the blood from your cheeks
G D
And the stars faded into the blue
Em
When you heard the wind blowing'
C
Did you feel more alone
G D
Or did it sound like God whispering to you?
G D
Wide open spaces
D G
nothing but time to forget
G D
Anger flares up and then fades
D Em
like a cowboy cigarette
C
Reservation ghosts
D
Old split-rail fence posts
Em C
Just echoes remain of our sins
G D
But they whine, whine, whine
G
On the Wyoming Wind
G D
Oh, they whine, whine, whine
G
On the Wyoming Wind
