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//~Chords by ETX~
I'll try to work out more of the flourishes/lead later, but here's the basics://

//Intro: (after countoff)//

G G/F# Em    Em Em/F# G   x 3 \\
G      D     D        G


//Verse: (It sounds like the acoustic does this with open chords whereas the electric flourishes are done using Em: xxx453 or xxx987 and G: xxx787) \\
//
Em G \\
Em G \\
Em G \\
D G \\

There's a mean streak in the sky \\
On the morning when you come by \\
And you ask me would I And I say I would \\
And it's an ill-wind that does nobody good \\

//repeat, but underneath the intro chords something like this plays// \\
  E 
  B  000   0  0   0 3 0  000   0  0   0       000   0  0   0 3 0   000       0 
  G      2      2            2      2   2  0      2      2             2 2 2   2 0



and I should've known you'd come my way \\
By the dogs sprawled and sleeping on the driveway \\
Windows open audibly around the neighborhood \\
It's an ill-wind that does nobody good \\

And you touch my hand And the sun bleeds down  \\
Ineffective warnings all over the ground  \\
And I'm standing in the same spot where your husband stood  \\
It's an ill-wind that does nobody good