How to Play The Wayward Wind on Guitar?

Frank Ifield - The Wayward Wind can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G7 chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The Wayward Wind with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Frank Ifield - The Wayward Wind Chords

Chord reference C, F, G7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[C]Oh, the wayward wind is a restless [F]wind, a restless [C]wind, that yearns to [G7]wander. And I was [C]born the next of [F]kin, the next of [C]kin, [G7]to the wayward [C]wind.

[C]In a lonely shack by a railroad track, I [C]spent my younger days. And I [C]guess the sound of the ‘outward-bound,’ made me a [G7]slave, to my wandering [C]ways.

[C]Oh, the wayward wind is a restless [F]wind, a restless [C]wind, that yearns to [G7]wander. And I was [C]born the next of [F]kin, the next of [C]kin, [G7]to the wayward [C]wind.

[C]Oh, I met a girl in a border town, I [C]vowed we’d never part. Though I [C]tried my best to settle down, She’s now a[G7]lone with a broken [C]heart.

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

Artist Frank Ifield

Album Jolly What!

Genres Country

Year 1964

Key C

Frank Ifield - The Wayward Wind can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G7 chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play The Wayward Wind with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.