Gale Force Wind
Released in 1988 by Virgin Records
Transpose
INTRO (x2)
Eb
Bb
Cm7
Bb
VERSE 1
He has
Gm7
nothing but a
Eb
can of
Bb
beer
Two
Gm7
crutches and the
Eb
soot from the
Bb
air
And nights of
Gm7
soaking in the
Eb
city’s
Bb
drains
Ab6
He hates the rich but he
Cm7
hates in
Bb
vain
VERSE 2
If a
Gm7
power was to
Eb
lift him
Bb
up
Make him
Gm7
rich, would he ad
Eb
mit it was
Bb
luck
Or say he’d
Gm7
earned it, and claim a
Eb
state of
Bb
grace
Ab6
Just like the rich in this
Cm7
hateful
Bb
place
CHORUS 1
Bb
What the hell is
Eb
wrong with
Bb
you?
You
Cm7
long to lord it like the
F7
rich folks
Bb
do
As
Bb
you command me from the
Eb
depths of
Bb
gin
To
Cm7
walk a tightrope in a
F7
gale force
Bb
wind
Cm7
Walk a tightrope in a
F7
gale force
Bb
wind
VERSE 3
I saw a
Gm7
dead man in the
Eb
street
to
Bb
day
And he’ll
Gm7
stay there because he
Eb
never
Bb
paid
He was a
Gm7
stranger who would
Eb
not go
Bb
home
Ab6
Blinded by sun on the
Cm7
streets of
Bb
gold
CHORUS 1
Bb
What the hell is
Eb
wrong with
Bb
you?
You
Cm7
long to lord it like the
F7
rich folks
Bb
do
As
Bb
you command me from the
Eb
depths of
Bb
gin
To
Cm7
walk a tightrope in a
F7
gale force
Bb
wind
Cm7
Walk a tightrope in a
F7
gale force
Bb
wind
INTERLUDE
C
Dm7
G
C
Dm7
G
C
Dm7
G
C
Dm7
G
CHORUS 2
C
Mother Mother won’t you
Em7
dry my
C
eyes
F
Doctor says that I will
G7sus4
have to
C
die
I
C
went with someone and I
Em7
woke to
C
find
I’m
F
now subhuman and I
G7sus4
don’t know
C
why
I’m
F
now subhuman and I
G7sus4
don’t know
C
why
VERSE 4
Gm7
Nothing is what you’ll
Eb
hear from
Bb
me
When they
Gm7
ground me and spat me
Eb
back on the
Bb
streets
Will I be
Gm7
sorry I chose re
Eb
ali
Bb
ty
Ab6
Instead of half-wit ro
Cm7
mance and
Bb
greed?
CHORUS 3
Bb
Go apart, go
Eb
right, go
Bb
straight
And
Cm7
watch your friends become the
F7
kind you
Bb
hate
And
Bb
face distinction with a
Eb
sheepish
Bb
nod
Cm7
Twilight of the
F7
under
Bb
dog
CHORUS 4
Bb
What the hell is
Eb
wrong with
Bb
you?
You
Cm7
laugh and murder like the
F7
rich folks
Bb
do
You can
Bb
no more stop them in the
Eb
state I’m
Bb
in
Than I can
Cm7
walk a tightrope in a
F7
gale force
Bb
wind
OUTRO/FADE
Bb
Eb
Bb
Cm7
F7
Bb
With
Bb
no change whatso
Eb
ever
Bb
Cm7
F7
Bb
With
Bb
no change whatso
Eb
ever
Bb
Cm7
F7
Bb
By
Bb
night I just
Eb
attacked
my
Bb
self
(
Cm7
I don’t
F7
count
Bb
)
With
Bb
no change whatso
Eb
ever
Bb
Cm7
F7
Bb