{"id":20720,"date":"2024-06-17T01:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T01:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=20720"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:25:43","slug":"against-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/against-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Against the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/code>Bob Seager<\/p>\n

[Intro] - - - [C]<\/span>\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[C] It seems like yesterday,  <\/span>[Em] but it was long ago.\r\n<\/span>[F] Janey was lovely; she was the [C] queen of my nights,\r\n<\/span>[G] there in the darkness with the [F] radio, playing low [C] and\r\n<\/span>[C] The secrets that we shared,  \r\n<\/span>[Em] the mountains that we moved\r\n<\/span>[F] Caught like wildfire [C] out of control,\r\n<\/span>\u2018till there was [F] nothing left to burn and nothing [G] left to prove.\r\n<\/span>And I [Am] remember [G] what she said to [C] me,\r\n<\/span>how she [Am] swore that it [G] never would [C] end.\r\n<\/span>I [Am] remember how she [G] held me, [F] oh so tight.\r\n<\/span>[F] Wish I didn't know now what I [G] didn't know then.\r\n<\/span> \r\n[C] Against the [Em] wind, - - [F] we were running against the [C] wind.\r\n<\/span>We were [F] young and [Em] strong, we were [Dm] running [F] against the [C] wind.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nAnd the [C] years rolled slowly past.  \r\n<\/span>[Em] And I found myself alone.\r\n<\/span>[F] Surrounded by strangers I [C] thought were my friends, \r\n<\/span>[G] I found myself further and [F] further from my [C] home. <\/span>\r\n[C] <\/span>And I guess I lost my way.<\/span>\r\n[Em] There were oh, so many roads.\r\n<\/span>I was [F] living to run, and [C] running to live.\r\n<\/span>Never [F] worrying about paying, or even how [G] much I owed.\r\n<\/span>Runnin' [Am] 8 miles a [G] minute for months at a [C] time,\r\n<\/span>breaking [Am] all of the [F] rules that would [C] bend. \r\n<\/span>I [Am] begin to [G] find myself just [F] searching,\r\n<\/span>[C] searching for shelter [G] again and again.\r\n<\/span> \r\n[C] Against the [Em] wind, - - [F] a little something against the [C] wind.\r\n<\/span>I [F] found [Em] myself seeking [Dm] shelter [F] against the [C] wind.<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[C]<\/span> [C]<\/span> [C]<\/span> [C]<\/span>  [C]<\/span> [Em]<\/span> [Em]<\/span> [F]<\/span> [C]<\/span> [G]<\/span>[Em]<\/span> [F]<\/span> [C]<\/span> \r\n[C]<\/span> [C]<\/span> [Em]<\/span>[Em]<\/span> [F]<\/span> [C]<\/span>   [F]<\/span> [G]<\/span> [G]<\/span><\/span>\r\n  \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nWell those [Am] drifter's [G] days are past me [C] now,\r\n<\/span>I've got [Am] so much [F] more to think [C] about.\r\n<\/span>[Am] Deadlines and [G] commitments;  [C]  \r\n<\/span>[C] what to leave in, [G] what to leave out.\r\n<\/span> \r\n[C] Against the [Em] wind, - - [F] <\/span>I'm still running against the [C] wind.\r\n<\/span>I'm [F] older [Em] now but still [Dm] running [F] against the [C] wind.\r\n<\/span>Well, [F] I'm older [Em] now but still [G] running against the [F] wind.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Outro]\r\nAgainst the [C] wind\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (Still running)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (I\u2019m still running against the wind)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (I\u2019m still running)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (I\u2019m still running against the wind)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (Still running)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (Running against the wind, running against the wind)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (See the young man run)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (Watch the young man run)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (Watch the young man running)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (He\u2019ll be running against the wind)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (Let the cowboys ride)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (Ohh...)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (Let the cowboys ride)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (They\u2019ll be riding against the wind)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind (Against the wind)\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (riding against the wind)\r\n<\/span>Against the [F] wind\r\n<\/span>Against the [C] wind (Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride\u2026\u2026)\r\n<\/span> \r\n*Fades out*<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Bob Seager [Intro] – – – [C] [Verse 1] [C] It seems like yesterday, [Em] but it was long ago. [F] Janey was lovely; she was the [C] queen of my nights, [G] there in the darkness with the [F] radio, playing low [C] and [C] The secrets that we … CLICK TO VIEW SONGAgainst the Wind<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,210,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-bob-siger","category-live-baritone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20720"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30632,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20720\/revisions\/30632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}