Chords for Al Stewart - Elvis at the Wheel (Official Music Video)
Tempo:
84.4 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
Bb
F
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[Dm]
[Bb] There's an independent [Dm] bookstore, the last one that [F] remains.
[Bb] All the others you [Dm] might look for have been eaten by [F] the chains.
They [A] soldier on, [Bb] no one [C] cleans the window [D] panes.
And it was there I read [Dm] the story, [C] so strange it must [F] be real,
[Bb] of a car in [Dm] Arizona with Elvis at the [F] wheel.
He's looking [A] up, [Bb] the sky has [C] something to [D] reveal.
It is the [F] face of Joseph [G] Stalin being [C] formed by drifting clouds
above the [C] sleeping Memphis [G] mafia [A] and unsuspecting [F] cows.
[Bb] This is a sign from [Dm] God, it's plain.
[Dm] [Bb] This is a sign that [C] nothing he does for the [A] rest of his life will [Dm] be the same.
[B] [Bb]
[Dm] [Ab] [A]
[Am] [Gm] [Dm]
[Ab] [A]
[Dm]
[D] It's a medieval [Dm] moment, a religious [F] episode.
He is shaking in [Dm] his footsteps on that dusty [F] desert road, his [A] entourage.
[Bb] All looking [C]
nervous and [D] subdued.
How must it be to feel such passion, to [C] be caught up in [D] the swirl
in some unfathomable [F] fashion like a pink and black [Dm] St.
Paul?
Look at those shiny stars [Gm] that fall.
[F] [Bb] Look at that moon [Dm] that doesn't know whether to laugh or to cry [A] at [Dm] all.
[Bb] [Dm] [Ab] [A] [G]
[Gm] [Dm] [Ab]
[A]
[Dm]
[D]
[Dm]
[Bb] There's an independent [Dm] bookstore, the last one that [F] remains.
[Bb] All the others you [Dm] might look for have been eaten by [F] the chains.
They [A] soldier on, [Bb] no one [C] cleans the window [D] panes.
And it was there I read [Dm] the story, [C] so strange it must [F] be real,
[Bb] of a car in [Dm] Arizona with Elvis at the [F] wheel.
He's looking [A] up, [Bb] the sky has [C] something to [D] reveal.
It is the [F] face of Joseph [G] Stalin being [C] formed by drifting clouds
above the [C] sleeping Memphis [G] mafia [A] and unsuspecting [F] cows.
[Bb] This is a sign from [Dm] God, it's plain.
[Dm] [Bb] This is a sign that [C] nothing he does for the [A] rest of his life will [Dm] be the same.
[B] [Bb]
[Dm] [Ab] [A]
[Am] [Gm] [Dm]
[Ab] [A]
[Dm]
[D] It's a medieval [Dm] moment, a religious [F] episode.
He is shaking in [Dm] his footsteps on that dusty [F] desert road, his [A] entourage.
[Bb] All looking [C]
nervous and [D] subdued.
How must it be to feel such passion, to [C] be caught up in [D] the swirl
in some unfathomable [F] fashion like a pink and black [Dm] St.
Paul?
Look at those shiny stars [Gm] that fall.
[F] [Bb] Look at that moon [Dm] that doesn't know whether to laugh or to cry [A] at [Dm] all.
[Bb] [Dm] [Ab] [A] [G]
[Gm] [Dm] [Ab]
[A]
[Dm]
[D]
Key:
Dm
Bb
F
A
C
Dm
Bb
F
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] There's an independent [Dm] bookstore, the last one that [F] remains.
[Bb] All the others you [Dm] might look for have been eaten by [F] the chains.
They [A] soldier on, _ [Bb] no one [C] cleans the window [D] panes.
_ _ And it was there I read [Dm] the story, [C] so strange it must [F] be real,
[Bb] of a car in [Dm] Arizona with Elvis at the [F] wheel.
He's looking [A] up, _ [Bb] the sky has [C] something to [D] reveal. _ _
It is the [F] face of Joseph [G] Stalin being [C] formed by drifting clouds
above the [C] sleeping Memphis [G] mafia [A] and unsuspecting [F] cows.
[Bb] This is a sign from [Dm] God, it's plain.
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] This is a sign that [C] nothing he does for the [A] rest of his life will [Dm] be the same.
[B] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] It's a medieval [Dm] moment, a religious [F] episode.
He is shaking in [Dm] his footsteps on that dusty [F] desert road, his [A] entourage.
[Bb] All looking [C]
nervous and [D] subdued.
_ _ How must it be to feel such passion, to [C] be caught up in [D] the swirl
in some unfathomable [F] fashion like a pink and black [Dm] St.
Paul?
Look at those shiny stars [Gm] that fall.
[F] _ [Bb] Look at that moon [Dm] that doesn't know whether to laugh or to cry [A] _ at [Dm] all.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] There's an independent [Dm] bookstore, the last one that [F] remains.
[Bb] All the others you [Dm] might look for have been eaten by [F] the chains.
They [A] soldier on, _ [Bb] no one [C] cleans the window [D] panes.
_ _ And it was there I read [Dm] the story, [C] so strange it must [F] be real,
[Bb] of a car in [Dm] Arizona with Elvis at the [F] wheel.
He's looking [A] up, _ [Bb] the sky has [C] something to [D] reveal. _ _
It is the [F] face of Joseph [G] Stalin being [C] formed by drifting clouds
above the [C] sleeping Memphis [G] mafia [A] and unsuspecting [F] cows.
[Bb] This is a sign from [Dm] God, it's plain.
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] This is a sign that [C] nothing he does for the [A] rest of his life will [Dm] be the same.
[B] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] It's a medieval [Dm] moment, a religious [F] episode.
He is shaking in [Dm] his footsteps on that dusty [F] desert road, his [A] entourage.
[Bb] All looking [C]
nervous and [D] subdued.
_ _ How must it be to feel such passion, to [C] be caught up in [D] the swirl
in some unfathomable [F] fashion like a pink and black [Dm] St.
Paul?
Look at those shiny stars [Gm] that fall.
[F] _ [Bb] Look at that moon [Dm] that doesn't know whether to laugh or to cry [A] _ at [Dm] all.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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