The Footprints of the Wind

[bnewman]

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Kaze no Toorimichi" (Path of Wind) from My Neighbor Totoro by Joe Hisaishi

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/ Dm Am Dm Am / F G C E / 1st / F G Am - / Dm G Am - /

 

When the swift summer breeze stirs the leaves of the trees

Then the spirit of the forest watches all that he sees

He is waiting for you where all stories come true

When you're ready for adventure to begin

You can follow in the footprints of the wind

 

When the brisk autumn gust stirs the spirits of dust

Then the children of the forest turn and learn what they must

You can learn what they teach, though it seems out of reach

If the creatures of the forest are your kin

You can follow in the footprints of the wind

 

When the chill winter blast brings the snow down at last

Know each season's just a moment, but the forest is vast

You have forests as well — what they hold, who can tell? —

Set your dreams upon the path that leads within

 

/ Bb - - - / Am - - - / 1st / Am - Em - /

 

In the footprints of the wind

Always blowing where it wants to blow

In the footprints of the wind

Never knowing where the journey may go, in the end

 

But when the zephyrs of spring and the promise they bring

Come sweeping through the forest then the branches will sing

A new world opens wide, take a chance, step outside

When you're ready for adventure once again

You can follow in the footprints of the wind