Cast My Fate to the Wind
by Vince Guaraldi
Recorded and Released 1962

Tabbed by Glenn Gibson 31/05/10 gibsonglenn@hotmail.com
A whimsical 'what if' song; you can slow this song down to almost a stop without 
losing the song's thread. Sounds HUGE soloed on a twelve string - bring all your 
finger tricks. Good luck and have fun with it!! Any hints or suggestions gladly 
received at my email address gibsonglenn@hotmail.com



Verse 1...
A7 (x02020@1)                   DA (xx0232@1)month of nights, a year of days,

A7 (x02020@1)                GOctobers (320003@1)drifting into Mays,

     A7 (x02020@1)             DI (xx0232@1)set my sail as the tide comes in

             G (320003@1)    A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)A7 (x02020@1)G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A7And (x02020@1)I just cast my fate to the wind.


Verse 2...
    A7 (x02020@1)            DI (xx0232@1)shift my course along the breeze,

       A7 (x02020@1)            GWon't (320003@1)sail upwind on memories,

     A7 (x02020@1)            DThe (xx0232@1)empty sky is my best friend,

            G (320003@1)    A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)A7 (x02020@1)G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A7And (x02020@1)I just cast my fate to the wind.


Bridge...

  A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)Time has such a way of changing 

   A7 (x02020@1)      D (xx0232@1)       GA (320003@1)man throughout the years,

     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)     GAnd (320003@1)now I'm rearranging my life through all my tears,

 A9 (x02423@1)  D (xx0232@1)A7 (x02020@1)  DAlone, (xx0232@1)   a - lone.


Verse 3...
   A7 (x02020@1)                   DThere (xx0232@1)never was, there couldn't be

A7 (x02020@1)                 GA (320003@1)place in time for men like me,

  A7 (x02020@1)                     DWho'd (xx0232@1)drink the dark and laugh the day,

               G (320003@1)     A7 (x02020@1)         D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A7 (x02020@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A7And (x02020@1)let their wildest dreams blow away.


Repeat Bridge...

Verse 4
A7 (x02020@1)                  DSo (xx0232@1)now I'm old, I'm wise and smart;

  A7 (x02020@1)               GI'm (320003@1)just a man with half a heart.

    A7 (x02020@1)         DI (xx0232@1)wonder how it might have been

           G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A7 (x02020@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A7 (x02020@1)G (320003@1) DHad (xx0232@1)I not cast my fate to the wind.