WIND OF CHANGE - Scorpions
Tabbed by:DJ Inferno
Tuning:E B G D A E
[Intro]
F Dm F Dm* Am* G* C
[Verse]
C Dm
I follow the Moskva
C
Down to Gorky Park
Dm* Am* G* C!
Listening to the wind of change
C Dm
An August summer night
C
Soldiers passing by
Dm* Am* G* C!
Listening to the wind of change
C Dm
The world is closing in
C
Did you ever think
Dm* Am* G* C!
That we could be so close, like brothers
C Dm
The future's in the air
C
I can feel it everywhere
Dm* Am* G* C!
Blowing with the wind of change
[Chorus]
C G Dm G
Take me to the magic of the moment
C G
On a glory night
Dm G Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
F G
In the wind of change
[Verse]
C Dm
Walking down the street
C
Distant memories
Dm* Am* G* C!
Are buried in the past forever
C Dm
I follow the Moskva
C
Down to Gorky Park
Dm* Am* G* C!
Listening to the wind of change
[Chorus]
C G Dm G
Take me to the magic of the moment
C G
On a glory night
Dm G Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
F! G!
With you and me
C G Dm G
Take me to the magic of the moment
C G
On a glory night
Dm G Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
F! G!
With you and me
[Bridge]
Am G
The wind of change blows straight
Am
Into the face of time
G
Like a stormwind that will ring
Am
The freedom bell for peace of mind
C
Let your balalaika sing
Em E7
What my guitar wants to say
[Chorus]
C G Dm G
Take me to the magic of the moment
C G
On a glory night
Dm G Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
F! G!
With you and me
C G Dm G
Take me to the magic of the moment
C G
On a glory night
Dm G Am
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
F! G!
In the wind of change
[Outro]
F Dm F Dm* Am* G* C
(NOTES)
1) when a chord is followed by a !, it means that you do not strum the chord
but instead you play it in one quick downward motion.
2) when a chord is followed by a *, it means that the chord has to be plucked.
the plucking pattern is given below
(PLUCKING PATTERN)
The plucking progression for Dm, Am and G goes like this
Dm Am G
e|---1-----|---0-----|------------|
B|-----3---|-----1---|-----3------|
G|-2-----2-|-2-----2-|-0-----0----|
D|-0-------|-2-------|-0-------0--|
A|-0-------|-0-------|-2----------|
E|-0-------|-0-------|-3----------|
Or this
Dm Am G
e|---------|---------|---------|
B|-6-6-----|-5-5-----|-5-5-----|
G|-7---7---|-5---5---|-4---4---|
D|-7-----5-|-7-----7-|-5-----5-|
A|-5-------|-7-------|-5-------|
E|---------|-5-------|-3-------|
The whistling bit can be played on the guitar but it doesn't sound too good.
e|----------------------------|
B|----0-1--1-1-------0-1-3-1--|
G|--2----------2-2-2----------|x2
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
The Dm,Am,G plucking is immediately picked up after the last note.
e|-----0-1-0---------------------|
B|-1-3---------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
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