The Wayward Wind:Gogi Grant.
#1 on BB Hot 100 on ERA Records
in 1956.
INTRO: B D B D B
CHORUS:
B E
The wayward wind is a restless wind.
Em7 B Db Gb
A restless wind that yearns to wan-der.
A B E
And he was bo-rn the next of kin..
Em7 B E B
the next of kin, to the wayward wind.
#1.
B
In a lonely shack by a railroad track,
he spent his younger days.
B Dbm B
And I guess the sound of the outward-bound,
Db Dbm Gb B
made him a sla-ve, to his wandring ways.
CHORUS:
B E
And the wayward wind is a restless wind.
Em7 B Db Gb
A restless wind that yearns to wan-der.
A B E
And he was bo-rn the next of kin..
Em7 B E B
the next of kin, to the wayward wind.
INTERLUDE: B
#2.
B
Oh, I met him there in a border town..
Gb
he vowed we'd never part.
B
Though he tried his best to settle down,
Dbm Gb B
I'm now alone with a broken heart.
CHORUS:
B E
And the wayward wind is a restless wind.
Em7 B Bbm Gb
A restless wind that yearns to wan-der.
Gbm A B E
And he was born-nn-nn the next of kin..
Em7 B E B
the next of kin, to the wayward wind.
OUTRO:
B E B E Gbm B
The next of kin to the wayward wind.
...D B D B...(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
