Billy Joe Shaver

A Restless Wind

Billy Joe Shaver


Tom: A

      D                              Bm
        A stone thrown from Heaven,skippin' 'cross the water
         E                                 A
        Would disappear in ripples left behind
           D                    Bm
        A book with no cover,a rhyme with no reason
                   E                            A
        Guess i'll always be one of the rovin' kind


[Verse 2]
                D                            Bm
        'Cause movin's in my soul,i guess a gypsy boy got a hold
               E                        A
        Of somebody in my family long ago
                 D                                    Bm
        If some night while half asleep you hear the back door softly squeak
                E                                  A
        You'll touch my empty pillow,then you'll know


[Chorus]
                      Bm       F#m
        That restless wind,is calling me again
             E                             A
        Her warmin' hand is tuggin' at my soul
                  Bm       F#m
        Summer's gone,and winter's comin' on
                E                                    A
        And i can't let it catch me standin' in the cold


[Verse 3]
      D                                        Bm
        Life made dice out of my bones and it won't leave me alone
              E                                 A
        'Till it warms me up and takes another roll
                        D                         Bm
        You can't grow sullen every time,so there ain't no use in cryin'
                  E                         A
        It don't take an educated head to know


[Verse 4]
                  D                            Bm
        When i'm movin' down the road i won't need no overload
             E                           A
        Nor memories of you to weigh my mind
            D                         Bm
        And every step i wade will be one more i could take
              E                                   A
        That put those memories further down the line


[Chorus]
                      Bm       F#m
        That restless wind,is calling me again
             E                             A
        Her warmin' hand is tuggin' at my soul
                  Bm       F#m
        Summer's gone,and winter's comin' on
                E                                    A
        And i can't let it catch me standin' in the cold