Intro: D G D 

D          G                        D     A 
There is a wind, my Billy, and it's awful strong 
   G                     D           G 
Come for you, and anyone who's helped you along. 

              A                                        G 
But I want to live, live, live and let the stars shine bright 
               D                                A 
yes, I want to live, live, live and let it on alright 

F#m           G                                D 
And when that bird sings from over that silver wall 
                    A                                 G 
I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause I want to go 

G                  C                         D        C     (Billy, Billy) 
There's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change 
      D        C                                   D     F 
and a Northern wind , Billy, really makin' me feel kinda strange (Billy, Billy) 
          G        F                         G        F 
there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change (Billy, Billy) 
      G        F                                  G     A 
and a Northern wind, Billy, really makin' me feel kinda strange 

              G                     D       A 
And with this gun goes everything I want to say 
        G                       D         G 
Not for you, but for anyone who takes it away 
                A                                      G 
Let it fill his life, life, life until there's nothing left 
                D                                 A 
Let it kill his wife, wife, wife until he goes to bed 

F#m           G                                D 
And when that bird sings from over that silver wall 
                    A                                 G 
I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause I want to go 

G                  C                         D        C     (Billy, Billy) 
There's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change 
      D        C                                   D     F 
and a Northern wind , Billy, really makin' me feel kinda strange (Billy, Billy) 
          G        F                         G        F 
there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change (Billy, Billy) 
      G        F                                  G     A 
and a Northern wind, Billy, really makin' me feel kinda strange 

G                  C                         D        C     (Billy, Billy) 
There's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change 
      D        C                                   D     F 
and a Northern wind , Billy, really makin' me feel kinda strange (Billy, Billy) 
          G        F                         G        F 
there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change (Billy, Billy) . . .