Winnipeg Chords
by Tom Russell
Winnipeg by Tom Russell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, G, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
C
How's the weather in Winnipeg?
C
The broke down nags with the bandaged legs
C Dm
At Assinaboa Downs
Dm
The night we painted the town
Dm C
A dark, dark blue
C
Stolen thunder in Thunder Bay
C
Woke up knowin' that we came the wrong way
C Dm
So we turned it all around
Dm
To the cold hard sound
Dm C
The turnin' of the gears
C Dm
To the blood hard sound
Dm C
The turnin' of the years
F G C F
I was thinkin' of you last night
F G C F
North of the border and the Northern Lights
F G C F
One horse town with the Indian name
Em Am
And all the gentle words, I could never say
F G C F C F
Love shines in the night, in the morning its gone away
Verse
C
Cup of coffee in old Moose Jaw
C
Used to be the hideout of a bad outlaw
C Dm
Named Al Capone
Dm
His fedora on
Dm C
Walkin' through the snow
C
We headed west, then it all broke up
C
Skull-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump
Dm
Rockin' and a reelin'
Dm
That old buffalo feelin'
Dm C
Of fallin' through the air
C Dm
And never really knowin' how the hell
Dm C
We ended up there
F G C F
I was thinkin' of you last night
F G C F
North of the border and the Northern Lights
F G C F
One horse town with the Indian name
Em Am
And all the gentle words, I could never say
F G C F C F
Love shines in the night, in the morning its gone away
Bridge
C
How's the weather in Winnipeg?
C
When the ice melts
C
On the first of May
C Dm
On those desolate streets
Dm
One old Sikh
Dm C
In a powder blue cab
C Dm
Is there an Indian name
Dm C
For the love and the trouble we've had...?
F G C F
I was thinkin' of you last night
F G C F
North of the border and the Northern Lights
F G C F
One horse town with the Indian name
Em Am
And all the gentle words, I could never say
F G C F C F
Love shines in the night, in the morning its gone away