Spring Wind by Jack Johnson chord (text):

Spring Wind Chords by Jack Johnson, 

Hi All, great tune covered and mixed with one of his own.  Lyrics and chords from
concert Weekend at the Greek.  Capo 2nd Fret.  Enjoy.

Opening is just D with alternating plucking on the D and A string.  Throughout the
song always pluck the base string, listen to it and you will hear what I am saying.
Look at the bottom for explanation of what he does on the A with *, and A**.

D
I don't care if it rains or freezes 
G
as long as I've got my plastic Jesus 
D 	 	 	        A*
sitting on the dashboard of my car 
D
it comes in colors pink and pleasant 
G
it glows in the dark cause its iridescent 
D                    A              D
I'll take it with me whenever I go far 
D
so give me my lady Madonna 
G
dressed in rhinestones and sitting on a 
D                     A*
pedestal of abalone shells 
D
driving 90 but I'm not scared 
G
because I've got my Virgin Mary 
D                       A            D
assuring me that I will never go to hell

D (Plucking D string)

D
And by the way You know that 
D
hope will make you strange 
D
Make you blink, make you blank, make you sink 
D                  G
It will make you afraid of change
G 
And often blame 
G
The box with the view of the world 
G                            D
And the walls that fill the frame 
D
I turn it up 
D
but then I turn it off 
D
Because I can't stand when they start to talk 
             G
About the hurting and killing 
G
Whose shoes are we filling 
G
The damage and ruin 
G
Man, the things that we're doing 
    D
Good god, We gotta stop, we gotta turn it all off 
D
We gotta rewind 
D
and start it up again 
A**
Because we fell across the fall line 
A                             G
Ain't there nothing sacred anymore

G               D
Nana nana nana na

G, D, G, D, G, D

D
Somebody saw him jump 
But nobody saw him slip 
I guess he lost a lot of hope 
And then he lost his grip 
           G
Now he's lying in the freeway 
In the middle of this mess 
Guess we lost another one 
Just like the other one 
D
Optimistic hypocrite 
That didn't have the nerve to quit 
The things that kept him wanting more 
Until he finally reached the core 
A**
He fell across the fall line 
A                            G
Ain't there nothing sacred anymore

G, G, G

A**
We all fell across the fall line 
A                            G
Ain't there nothing sacred anymore

G                  D
Na na na, na, nanana

G, D, G, D, G, D

G         D                  G
All my friends are getting older,
A                 BM
I guess I must be too.
                          G
Without their love and kindness
A
I don’t want I’ll do, Oh
G                        D
The wine bottle’s half empty
A                     BM
The money’s all been spent
                            G
We’re a cross between our parents
      A
And hippies in a tent.  OH,

    G                    D
Love calls just like a wild bird
A                 BM
It’s just another day
               G          A          G
Spring blew my list of things to do away.

D,G,D

G                   D
In a mucked up lovely river
A                    BM
I cast my my little fly
                                 G
But I look at that river and I smell it and
     A
it makes me want to cry, Oh
G                    D
To clean our dirty planet
A                    BM
Now there’s a noble wish
                        G
Now I putting shoulder to the wheel
A 
Cause I wanna catch some fish, Oh
      G                   D
Love calls just like a wild bird
A                  BM
It’s just another day
                G        A           D
Spring blew my list of things to do away.



A* At this point Jack plucks the D string and strums A.  Then covers the E string on
the second fret with his thumb, pluck and then strum A again.  

A** Same as A* except cover E with thumb on 3rd fret, strum A, back to thumb on 2nd
strum A and go to G.   

Hope this helps!  If you listen to the song performed on “Weekend at the Greek” you
will hear what I am talking about.