G
In a lonely shack by a railroad track
    G
I spent my younger days
        G
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
            D                    G
Made me a slave to my wand'ring ways

[Chorus]
                 G
And the wayward wind (the wayward wind)
               C                Cm
Is a restless wind (a restless wind)
            G
A restless wind (a restless wind)
                Am    D
That yearns to wa - nder
           G                C      Cm
And I was born the next of kin
             G  Am                 G
The next of kin -- to the wayward wind

[Verse 2]
      G
Oh I met a girl in a border town
   G
I vowed we'd never part
         G
Tho' I tried my best to settle down
            D                   G
She's now alone with a broken heart

[Chorus]
                 G
And the wayward wind (the wayward wind)
               C                Cm
Is a restless wind (a restless wind)
            G
A restless wind (a restless wind)
                Am    D
That yearns to wa - nder
           G                C      Cm
And I was born the next of kin
             G  Am                 G
The next of kin -- to the wayward wind

[Outro]
             G  Am                 G
The next of kin -- to the wayward wind