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Let The Four Winds Choose Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
Let The Four Winds Choose
Recorded by Hank Thompson
Written by Hank Thompson and Presley Lewis
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North south
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east or west
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just can't figure which a
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way is best
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much to lose
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I just wait and let the
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four winds choose
Well I blew up north to a
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mining
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met a little gal thought I'd
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settle
She offered me love with a
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silver and gold
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north wind came and my
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feet got cold
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to
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won me a rig from a
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But I'm glad I left when the
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first wind came
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next three winds brought a
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hurricane
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Well I went back east to the
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Hudson
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found me a place I thought I'd
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like to stay
But I smelt the salt from the
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ocean
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wound up a sailin' on the
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seven
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Well an ill wind a blew me a
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way out west
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cross the desert and the
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mountain
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bound to find
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very same thing I
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left
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bury
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Hang me high in a
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tall tall tree
My bones won't rest in the
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ground
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just gotta move when the
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four winds blow
repeat #1 x2
FAQ
Who sang the the song Let The Four Winds Choose?
- The song Let The Four Winds Choose was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.