Chilly Winds is a song most people love

Chilly Winds

Written by John Stewart & John Phillips

'Chilly Winds' is a song most people love. This is an extra special bonus package prepared by Art Faller, Ken S and me.

'Chilly Winds' was written by John Stewart and “Papa” John Phillips. I played a song with the same title and –partly- similar lyrics before I heard John´s song. The chords were to a large extent different and the melody was kind of bluesy. So there might be an older traditional song the two master songwriters used to create something new (and better). My version comes from “Cannons in the Rain” (RCA, 73, re-released 90 by Bear Family Records as the single CD "Cannons in the Rain/Wingless Angels" (originally from 75, also RCA). It´s a bit different from the other versions I have which have more of a “minor key feel”. One of them is on “Trio Years”, Homecoming Records 86, re-released as CD with the title “New Frontier” on NEC in 88 (together with seven songs from “Secret Tapes 86” (Homecoming Records) and also on the Folk Era CD “Chilly Winds” (93), with seven additional songs from “Revenge of the Budgie” (83). (Well ye may fear when midnight draweth near the revenge of the budgie!). The other one is on the Folk Era CD “John Stewart and Buffy Ford Live at the Turf Inn, Scotland” (96), as second part of a medley that starts with “California Bloodlines”. Oh, and of course The Kingston Trio already played and sung “Chilly Winds” in the early sixties. Now that you´ve made it so far, here is the version from “Cannons in the Rain”.

Capo 3rd fret

Oh, I'm (C)goin' where them (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow,
(C) Gonna find a (D)true love, (G) that is where I (C)want to go,(C/B)(Am)
Out where them (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow.

(C)Leavin' in the springtime, (D)won't be back 'till (G)fall,
(C) And if I can't for(D)get you, (G) I might not come (C)back at
all,(C/B)(Am)
Out where them (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow.

(C)Wish I was a headlight (D) on a westbound (G)train,
(C) I'd shine my (D)light on (G) cool Colo(C)rado rain,(C/B)(Am)
Out where the (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow.

Oh, I'm (C)goin' where them (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow,
(C) Gonna find a (D)true love, (G)that is where I (C)want to go,(C/B)(Am)
Out where them (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow.

(C)Sing you a song, (D)sing it soft and (G)low,
(C)I´ll sing it for you, (D)baby, (G) and then I'll (C)have to go…(C/B)(Am)
(D) (G)

Oh, I'm (C)goin' where them (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow,
(C) I´m gonna find a (D)true love, (G) that is where I (C)want to
go,(C/B)(Am)
Out where them (D)chilly winds don't (G)blow,
(Am) Out where them (D)chilly winds don´t (G)blow,
(C) Out where them (D)chilly (D7) (hold) winds don´t (G)blow. (C) (D) (C)
(G)

ADDITIONAL LYRICS – (from the famous John Stewart Lyrics Database)

If you’re feeling lonely.
If you’re feeling low.
Remember that I loved you
More than you will ever know
Out where them chilly winds don’t blow.

© John Stewart & John Phillips, All Rights Reserved

janhauenstein@gmx.de

Surprise! Here come the chords for the other two versions, sent to me by Art Faller. They were a little bit different from what I had found, so I checked, and, lo and behold, they fit the other two versions like a glove. Here´s what Art plays:

Oh, I´m (Dm7)goin´ where them (G7)chilly winds don´t (C)blow,
(Dm7)Gonna find a (G7)true love, (C)that is where I (F)want to go,(F/E)
(Dm7)Out where them (G7)chilly winds don´t (C)blow.

And Ken S. mailed me chords a couple of days ago. Here´s what he wrote: "I don't play along with the record, so I don't know the real key.......
And I make up my own arrangements rather than consciously copy John's."

C Dm G G7 C C (sus)
Dm Dm7 G G7 C F Em Dm Dm7 G G7 C C(sus)

The Em is really a run down from F to Dm

-----Note: I´d write that out as (F)(F/E)(Dm) Jan--------------

The C(sus) is a hammer on F on a C chord.--------or: (C4) Jan--

I also do a hammer on run on the C before the C(sus) but I can't
describe it in writing.

Ken S.