Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Wind Cries Mary" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn The Wind Cries Mary Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Jimi Hendrix

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The Wind Cries Mary" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C              A#                 F
After all the jacks are in their boxes
          C         A#           F
And the clowns have all gone to bed
         C            A#              F
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
 G          A#         D# E F
Footprints dressed in red
         G    A#       D# E F D#/G E/G# F/A
And the wind whispers Mary

A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind it cries Mary

The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cause the life they lived is dead
And the wind screams Mary

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past?
And with its crutch, its old age, and its wisdom
It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries Mary


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

D#

Guitar chord D#

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Wind Cries Mary" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix.