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Four strong winds

Four Strong Winds is a Canadian folk song written by Ian Tyson in the early 1960s, inspired by Canadas vast prairies and the hardships of migrant workers. The song contemplates change, loss, and the hope of reunion, symbolized by the four strong winds that represent the unchanging forces of nature and life.

Key: C

Introduction:  C   Dm   G   C   C   Dm   G   G  

difficulty
very easy |||||
                 C         Dm 
I think I' ll go out to Alberta
            G                  C 
Weather' s good there in the fall
               C                   Dm          G    C  F  G  F 
I' ve got some friends that I can go working for
         C                       Dm 
Still I wish you' d change your mind
      G                 C 
If I ask you one more time
           Dm                    F                G     C  F  G  F 
But we' ve been through that a hundred times or more

          C                Dm 
Four strong winds that blow lonely
       G              C 
Seven seas that run high
           C                  Dm 
All those things that don' t change,
           G   C  F  G  F 
come what may
         C                   Dm 
If  the good times are all gone
          G                 C 
Then I' m bound for moving on
           Dm               F              G    C  F  G  F 
I' ll look for you if I' m ever back this way

          C                 Dm 
If I get there before the snow flies,
        G                   C 
And if things are looking good
           C             Dm                 G     C  F  G  F 
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare
        C                 Dm 
But by then it would be winter
     G                    C 
Not too much for you to do
           Dm               F                 G      C  F  G  F 
And those winds sure can blow cold way out there

        C                Dm 
Four strong winds that blow lonely
        G              C 
Seven seas that run high
           C                  Dm 
All those things that don' t change
           G      C  F  G  F 
come what may
        C                   Dm 
If the good times are all gone
          G                 C 
Then I' m bound for moving on
           Dm               F              G    C  F  G  F 
I' ll look for you if I' m ever back this way

 C                       Dm 
Still I wish you' d change your mind
      G                 C 
If I ask you one more time
           Dm                    F                G     C  F  G  F 
But we' ve been through that a hundred times or more

         C                Dm 
Four strong winds that blow lonely
        G              C 
Seven seas that run high
           C                  Dm 
All those things that don' t change
           G      C  F  G  F 
come what may
        C                   Dm 
If the good times are all gone
          G                 C 
Then I' m bound for moving on
           Dm               F              G    C  F  G  F 
I' ll look for you if I' m ever back this way

      Dm                   F               G 
I' ll look for you if I' m ever back this way