[Intro]
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[Chorus]
N.C.           C   C7              F    Fm
Oh the wayward wind  is a restless wind
           C                   G7
A restless wind that yearns to wander
          C   C7            F   Fm
And I was born  the next of kin
            C          F       C
The next of kin to the wayward wind


[Verse 1]
     C
In a lonely shack by a railroad track
  C
I spent my younger days
      C
And I guess the sound of the outward-bound
          G7                   C
Made me a slave to my wand'rin ways


[Chorus]
N.C.            C   C7              F    Fm
And the wayward wind  is a restless wind
           C                   G7
A restless wind that yearns to wander
          C   C7            F   Fm
And I was born  the next of kin
            C          F       C
The next of kin to the wayward wind


[Verse 2]
     C
Oh I met a girl in a border town
  C
I vowed we'd never part
         C
Though I tried his best to settle down
          G7                  C
She's now alone with a broken heart


[Chorus]
N.C.            C   C7              F    Fm
And the wayward wind  is a restless wind
           C                   G7
A restless wind that yearns to wander
          C   C7            F   Fm
And I was born  the next of kin
            C          F       C
The next of kin to the wayward wind
            C          F       C
The next of kin to the wayward wind