Dust In The Wind Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Dust in The Wind Chord Chart. This is such a beautiful song by Kansas. Dust in the Wind uses a common picking pattern known as Travis picking. If you would like to learn more about Travis Picking or learn how to finger pick better, check out my Guitar Course where I have 21 lessons on finger picking.
The only down side to this song is that it is fast and requires some skill at playing it up to speed.
There are two videos below. One is a lesson on how to play this song for beginners without fingerpicking. The other is a video on how to fingerpick the song. Choose the best lesson for you current skill level.
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Dust In The Wind Guitar Chords:
Dust In The Wind Strumming Patterns:
If you are a beginner, you can use 4 down strums per chord or the strumming pattern below to play this song. But, the real feel comes across when you learn how to Travis Pick the song.
Easy Strumming:
1 2 3+ 4 +
D D DU DU
A Tab excerpt of how to play the verse is below. You can see it is a bit intricate and requires some finger picking skill. So that's is how to pick Dust in the Wind.
Dust In The Wind Guitar Lesson:
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Dust In The Wind Chord Chart:
Intro:
/ C / Cmaj7 / Cadd9 / C / Asus2 / Asus4 / Am / Asus2 /
/ Cadd9 / C / Cmaj7 / Cadd9 /Am / Asus2 / Asus4 / Am - - G/B /
Verse:
C G/B Am Am G Dm Am |Am - - G/B|
I close my eyes only for a moment and the moment´s gone
C G/B Am Am G Dm Am Am
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Chorus:
D/F# G Am Am D/F# G Am |Am - - G/B|
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
Verse:
C G/B Am Am G Dm Am |Am - - G/B|
Same old song just a drop of water in the endless sea
C G/B Am Am G Dm Am Am
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Chorus:
D/F# G Am Am D/F# G Am |Am - - G/B|
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
Solo:
Am Am G/Am G/Am F/Am F/Am F/Am F/Am
Am Am G/Am G/Am F/Am F/Am F/Am F/Am
Am Am G/Am G/Am F/Am F/Am F/Am F/Am
Intro:
/ C / Cmaj7 / Cadd9 / C / Asus2 / Asus4 / Am / Asus2 /
/ Cadd9 / C / Cmaj7 / Cadd9 /Am / Asus2 / Asus4 / Am /
Verse:
C G/B Am Am G Dm Am |Am - - G/B|
Don't hang on nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
C G/B Am Am G Dm Am Am
It slips a - way all your money won´t another minute buy.
Chorus:
D/F# G Am Am D/F# G Am Am
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
D/F# G Am Am D/F# G Am
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
/ Asus2 / Asus4 / Am / Asus2 / Asus4 / Am/ Asus2/ Asus4/ Am/ Asus2/ Asus 4/ fade out
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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