Chords for Wheel
Tempo:
106.9 bpm
Chords used:
Em
G
C
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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If I took a rolling wheel, rolled it ten times round,
[C#] Would it [G] travel far from here?
[C] Would it [Gm] just go round, round and round?
[Em]
As a young boy I helped the old man [C] working in the [G] field
[D] And [G] every [Em] day we hauled the hay, [D] the rolling of the [G] wheels
[D] Till [G] [Em] one day the tractor laid [C] the old man down [G] to the ground
[D] [G] The [Em] tractor pitched him into a ditch [C] and left a [Em] dusty sound
The [C#] [F] wheel that kept [Em] spinning round, [C] the wheel kept spinning [Em] round
[C] [Em]
[D] [G] Rolling [E] wheels, rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all on [G] our way
[D] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they gave
[C] Taking us all on [Em] our way, [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
[D] I [G] never [Em] knew [G] my father [Em] well, [C] the war called [Am] him too [G] soon
[D] Said [G] he [Em] was [G] an officer, [Em] [C] saw some pictures [A] in my [G] room
[D] The [G] [Em] letter said he [G] was reported [Em] dead, near [C] the front [A] lines he'd been [G] found
[D] [G] My mind blew [Em] as deep into [G] a twisted [Em] heap, [C] and I still hear the sound
Of the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
[C]
[D] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, rolling home, [C] taking us all on our [G] way
[D] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all on [Em] our way
[C] Taking back all that [Em] they saved, taking us all on our [Em] way
[D] [G] My brother [Em] chased [G] a dream of [Em] wheels, [C] his whole life geared for the [G] race
[D] [G] Soon as he [Em] could he drove [G] off for [Em] good, [C] his whole life [Am] was short, quick and [G] straight
[D] [G] He only [Em] lived [G] to spin those [Em] wheels, [C] and make that move over [G] ground
[D] Till [G] the [Em] steering failed and he [G] crashed the [Em] rail
He [C] laid there still for the [Em] sound, of [C] the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
[C]
[Em] [D]
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, rolling home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D]
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that they [Em] gave
Taking us all on our way, that's [C] taking back [Gm] all that they [Em] saved
[D]
[G] As for [Em] me, [G] my life's too [Em] short, [C] the wheel has carried [G] me far
[D]
[G] Around [Em] this world [G] a hundred [Em] times, by the [Am] truck, train, bike [G] or car
[D]
[G] Just like [Em] the rest I [G] roll on to [Em] my death, [C] on a country [Am] road far from [G] town
[D]
[G] It's there by the [Em] wheel, just as [G] sure as I [Em] feel, [C] there won't be but one sound
That's [C] the wheel that keeps spinning [Em] round
Yeah, the wheel that keeps spinning round
[C]
[Em] [E] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
[C] Taking us all [Em] on our way, taking [C]
us all on our way
[E] The [G] rolling [Em] wheels, [G] they're rolling [Em] home,
[C] taking back all that [Em] they gave
[C] Taking us all on our [Em] way
[C]
[E] [Em]
[C#] Would it [G] travel far from here?
[C] Would it [Gm] just go round, round and round?
[Em]
As a young boy I helped the old man [C] working in the [G] field
[D] And [G] every [Em] day we hauled the hay, [D] the rolling of the [G] wheels
[D] Till [G] [Em] one day the tractor laid [C] the old man down [G] to the ground
[D] [G] The [Em] tractor pitched him into a ditch [C] and left a [Em] dusty sound
The [C#] [F] wheel that kept [Em] spinning round, [C] the wheel kept spinning [Em] round
[C] [Em]
[D] [G] Rolling [E] wheels, rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all on [G] our way
[D] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they gave
[C] Taking us all on [Em] our way, [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
[D] I [G] never [Em] knew [G] my father [Em] well, [C] the war called [Am] him too [G] soon
[D] Said [G] he [Em] was [G] an officer, [Em] [C] saw some pictures [A] in my [G] room
[D] The [G] [Em] letter said he [G] was reported [Em] dead, near [C] the front [A] lines he'd been [G] found
[D] [G] My mind blew [Em] as deep into [G] a twisted [Em] heap, [C] and I still hear the sound
Of the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
[C]
[D] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, rolling home, [C] taking us all on our [G] way
[D] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all on [Em] our way
[C] Taking back all that [Em] they saved, taking us all on our [Em] way
[D] [G] My brother [Em] chased [G] a dream of [Em] wheels, [C] his whole life geared for the [G] race
[D] [G] Soon as he [Em] could he drove [G] off for [Em] good, [C] his whole life [Am] was short, quick and [G] straight
[D] [G] He only [Em] lived [G] to spin those [Em] wheels, [C] and make that move over [G] ground
[D] Till [G] the [Em] steering failed and he [G] crashed the [Em] rail
He [C] laid there still for the [Em] sound, of [C] the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
[C]
[Em] [D]
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, rolling home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D]
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that they [Em] gave
Taking us all on our way, that's [C] taking back [Gm] all that they [Em] saved
[D]
[G] As for [Em] me, [G] my life's too [Em] short, [C] the wheel has carried [G] me far
[D]
[G] Around [Em] this world [G] a hundred [Em] times, by the [Am] truck, train, bike [G] or car
[D]
[G] Just like [Em] the rest I [G] roll on to [Em] my death, [C] on a country [Am] road far from [G] town
[D]
[G] It's there by the [Em] wheel, just as [G] sure as I [Em] feel, [C] there won't be but one sound
That's [C] the wheel that keeps spinning [Em] round
Yeah, the wheel that keeps spinning round
[C]
[Em] [E] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D] [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
[C] Taking us all [Em] on our way, taking [C]
us all on our way
[E] The [G] rolling [Em] wheels, [G] they're rolling [Em] home,
[C] taking back all that [Em] they gave
[C] Taking us all on our [Em] way
[C]
[E] [Em]
Key:
Em
G
C
D
E
Em
G
C
If I took a rolling wheel, rolled it ten times round, _
[C#] Would it [G] travel far from here?
[C] _ Would it [Gm] just go round, round and round?
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ As a young boy I helped the old man [C] working in the [G] field
[D] And _ [G] every [Em] day we hauled the hay, [D] the rolling of the [G] wheels _
[D] Till [G] _ [Em] one day the tractor laid [C] the old man down [G] to the ground
[D] _ [G] The [Em] tractor pitched him into a ditch [C] and left a [Em] dusty sound
The [C#] [F] wheel that kept [Em] spinning round, _ [C] the wheel kept spinning [Em] round
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] Rolling [E] wheels, rolling [Em] home, _ [C] taking us all on [G] our way
[D] _ Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they gave
_ _ [C] Taking us all on [Em] our way, _ _ [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
[D] I _ _ [G] never [Em] knew [G] my father [Em] well, [C] the war called [Am] him too [G] soon
_ [D] Said [G] he [Em] was [G] an officer, [Em] _ [C] saw some pictures [A] in my [G] room
[D] The _ [G] _ [Em] letter said he [G] was reported [Em] dead, near [C] the front [A] lines he'd been [G] found
_ [D] _ [G] My mind blew [Em] as deep into [G] a twisted [Em] heap, _ [C] and I still hear the sound
_ Of the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, _ rolling home, _ [C] taking us all on our [G] way
[D] _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all on [Em] our way
_ _ [C] Taking back all that [Em] they saved, _ _ taking us all on our [Em] way
_ [D] _ [G] My brother [Em] chased [G] a dream of [Em] wheels, [C] his whole life geared for the [G] race
[D] _ [G] Soon as he [Em] could he drove [G] off for [Em] good, [C] his whole life [Am] was short, quick and [G] straight
_ [D] _ [G] He only [Em] lived [G] to spin those [Em] wheels, [C] and make that move over [G] ground
[D] Till [G] the [Em] steering failed and he [G] crashed the [Em] rail
He [C] laid there still for the [Em] sound, of [C] the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, rolling home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D] _ _
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that they [Em] gave _
Taking us all on our way, that's [C] taking back [Gm] all that they [Em] saved
[D] _ _
[G] _ As for [Em] me, [G] my life's too [Em] short, [C] the wheel has carried [G] me far
[D] _ _
[G] Around [Em] this world [G] a hundred [Em] times, by the [Am] truck, train, bike [G] or car
[D] _ _
[G] Just like [Em] the rest I [G] roll on to [Em] my death, [C] on a country [Am] road far from [G] town
[D] _
[G] It's there by the [Em] wheel, just as [G] sure as I [Em] feel, [C] there won't be but one sound
_ That's [C] the wheel that keeps spinning [Em] round _ _
Yeah, the wheel that keeps spinning round
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D] _ _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, _ [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
_ _ [C] Taking us all [Em] on our way, _ taking [C] _
us all on our way
[E] The [G] rolling [Em] wheels, [G] they're rolling [Em] home, _
[C] taking back all that [Em] they gave _ _
[C] Taking us all on our [Em] way _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] Would it [G] travel far from here?
[C] _ Would it [Gm] just go round, round and round?
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ As a young boy I helped the old man [C] working in the [G] field
[D] And _ [G] every [Em] day we hauled the hay, [D] the rolling of the [G] wheels _
[D] Till [G] _ [Em] one day the tractor laid [C] the old man down [G] to the ground
[D] _ [G] The [Em] tractor pitched him into a ditch [C] and left a [Em] dusty sound
The [C#] [F] wheel that kept [Em] spinning round, _ [C] the wheel kept spinning [Em] round
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] Rolling [E] wheels, rolling [Em] home, _ [C] taking us all on [G] our way
[D] _ Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they gave
_ _ [C] Taking us all on [Em] our way, _ _ [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
[D] I _ _ [G] never [Em] knew [G] my father [Em] well, [C] the war called [Am] him too [G] soon
_ [D] Said [G] he [Em] was [G] an officer, [Em] _ [C] saw some pictures [A] in my [G] room
[D] The _ [G] _ [Em] letter said he [G] was reported [Em] dead, near [C] the front [A] lines he'd been [G] found
_ [D] _ [G] My mind blew [Em] as deep into [G] a twisted [Em] heap, _ [C] and I still hear the sound
_ Of the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, _ rolling home, _ [C] taking us all on our [G] way
[D] _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all on [Em] our way
_ _ [C] Taking back all that [Em] they saved, _ _ taking us all on our [Em] way
_ [D] _ [G] My brother [Em] chased [G] a dream of [Em] wheels, [C] his whole life geared for the [G] race
[D] _ [G] Soon as he [Em] could he drove [G] off for [Em] good, [C] his whole life [Am] was short, quick and [G] straight
_ [D] _ [G] He only [Em] lived [G] to spin those [Em] wheels, [C] and make that move over [G] ground
[D] Till [G] the [Em] steering failed and he [G] crashed the [Em] rail
He [C] laid there still for the [Em] sound, of [C] the wheel that kept [Em] spinning round
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, rolling home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D] _ _
[G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that they [Em] gave _
Taking us all on our way, that's [C] taking back [Gm] all that they [Em] saved
[D] _ _
[G] _ As for [Em] me, [G] my life's too [Em] short, [C] the wheel has carried [G] me far
[D] _ _
[G] Around [Em] this world [G] a hundred [Em] times, by the [Am] truck, train, bike [G] or car
[D] _ _
[G] Just like [Em] the rest I [G] roll on to [Em] my death, [C] on a country [Am] road far from [G] town
[D] _
[G] It's there by the [Em] wheel, just as [G] sure as I [Em] feel, [C] there won't be but one sound
_ That's [C] the wheel that keeps spinning [Em] round _ _
Yeah, the wheel that keeps spinning round
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking us all [G] on our way
[D] _ _ [G] Rolling [Em] wheels, _ [G] rolling [Em] home, [C] taking back all that [Em] they saved
_ _ [C] Taking us all [Em] on our way, _ taking [C] _
us all on our way
[E] The [G] rolling [Em] wheels, [G] they're rolling [Em] home, _
[C] taking back all that [Em] they gave _ _
[C] Taking us all on our [Em] way _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _