| G | |
| /++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ |
| G | |
| It seems like yesterday, |
| Bm | |
| but it was long ago. |
| C | G | |
| Janey was lovely; she was the | queen of my nights. |
| D | C | |
| There in the darkness with the | radio, playing low. |
| G | |
| And the secrets that we shared, |
| Bm | |
| the mountains that we moved, |
| C | G | |
| Caught like wildfire | out of control |
| C | D | |
| till there was | nothing left to burn and nothing left t | o prove. /++++ |
| Em | D | G | |
| And I re | member | what she said to | me. |
| Em | C | G | |
| How she | swore that it | never would | end. |
| Em | D | C | |
| I rememb | er how she held | me, oh s | o tight. |
| C | D | |
| Wish I didn't know now what I | didn't know then. |
| G | Bm | C | G | |
| Against the | wind. | We were running against the | wind. |
| C | C/B | Am7 | C | G | |
| We were | young and | strong, we were | running a | gainst the | wind. |
| G | |
| /++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ |
| G | |
| And the years rolled slowly past. |
| Bm | |
| And I found myself alone. |
| C | G | |
| Surrounded by strangers I | thought were my friends. |
| D | C | |
| I found myself further and | further from my home. |
| G | |
| And I guess I lost my way. |
| Bm | |
| There were oh, so many roads. |
| C | G | |
| I was living to run, and ru | nning to live, |
| C | D | |
| Never wo | rrying about paying, or even how m | uch I owed. /++++ |
| Em | D | G | |
| Runnin' | 8 miles a | minute for months at a | time. |
| Em | C | G | |
| Breaking | all of the ru | les that would bend. |
| Em | D | C | |
| I begin to f | ind myself just se | arching. |
| D | |
| Searching for shelter ag | ain and again. |
| G | Bm | C | G | |
| Against the | wind. | A little something against the | wind. |
| C | C/B | Am7 | G | |
| I | found mys | elf seeking | shelter against the | wind. |
| G | |
| /++++ /++++ /++++ /++++ |
| G | Bm | |
| /++++ /++++ | /++++ /++++ |
| C | G | D | C | |
| /++++ | /++++ | /++++ | /++++ |
| G | Bm | |
| /++++ /++++ | /++++ /++++ |
| C | G | C | D | |
| /++++ | /++++ | /++++ | /++++ |
| D | |
| /++++ |
| Em | D | G | |
| Well those | drifter's | days are past me | now. |
| Em | C | G | |
| I've got | so much | more to think about. |
| Em | D | C | |
| Deadl | ines and comm | itments. |
| C | D | |
| What to leave in. | What to leave out. |
| G | Bm | C | G | |
| Against the | wind. | I'm still running against the | wind. |
| C | C/B | Am7 | G | |
| I'm | older now | but still | running against the | wind. |
| G | |
| /++++ /++++ |
| C | C/B | Am7 | |
| Well I'm | older now | but still | running /++++ /++++ |
| Am7 | C | |
| ag | ainst the | wind. |
| G | |
| Against the | wind. |
| C | |
| Against the | wind -- I'm still running |
| Against the wind -- I'm still running against the wind. |
| Against the wind -- I'm still running. |
| Against the wind -- I'm still against the wind |
| Against the wind -- still running. |
| Against the wind -- running against the wind, running against the wind |
| Against the wind -- see the young man run. |
| Against the wind -- watch the young man run. |
| Against the wind -- watch the young man running. |
| Against the wind -- he'll be running against the wind. |
| Against the wind -- let the cowboys ride. |
| Against the wind -- Oooh |
| Against the wind -- let the cowboys ride. |
| Against the wind -- they'll be riding against the wind. |
| Against the wind -- against the wind. |
| Against the wind -- riding against the wind. |
| Against the wind |
| Against the wind -- Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride -- against the wind. |