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Subject: CRD: "The Wheel" (Rosanne Cash)
To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 17:01:59 -0500 (CDT)
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"The Wheel" (Rosanne Cash)
>From the album _The_Wheel_
Transcribed with no permission whatsoever by Marc Hirsh
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Here's the title song to Rosanne Cash's brilliant latest album.
I'm not entirely sure what the intro riff is, but I think that
it's something along the lines of:

  Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                           AE-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---| (x02220@1)B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---7-------------|---7-----------|---6-----------|---6-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                           AE-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---| (x02220@1)B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---7-------------|---7-----------|---6-----------|---6-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                           AE-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---| (x02220@1)B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---7-------------|---7-----------|---6-----------|---6-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

E-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---|
B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---4-------------|---4-----------|---4-----------|---4-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

but I'm not sure. Steuart Smith is very close to being God, and so
I can't tell with a high level of certainty. Plus, the way I've
tabbed it out, the riff is a bitch to play, but then, I'm not very
good. Any corrections are totally welcome. Anyway, this may not
matter that much if, like me, the key of D is just way to high for
you to sing. I've transposed it to A, capoed up at the 2nd fret.
I'll put my chords at the end. I also don't know the solo, but it
shouldn't be too hard to either figure it out yourself or just
fake it. That's what I do.

D (xx0232@1)          AHow (x02220@1)long was I alseep?
D (xx0232@1)         AWhen (x02220@1)did we plan to meet?
D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)              BmHave (x24432@1)you been waiting long for me?
D (xx0232@1)          AWhen (x02220@1)did the sky turn black?
D (xx0232@1)          ADo (x02220@1)you still want me back?
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)             BmI'll (x24432@1)pick it all up piece by piece.

(I'm not sure - this next chord could be Em, but G is used for
 ever other chorus, so I'm putting it here)
        G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)the wheel goes round and round.
        G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)        BmAnd (x24432@1)the flame in our souls will never burn out.
        G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)the wheel, and the wheel goes round.

D (xx0232@1)    AI (x02220@1)am a river with a voice.
D (xx0232@1)      AI (x02220@1)came into your life by choice.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                 BmAnd (x24432@1)none can judge just how that feels.
D (xx0232@1)       AYou (x02220@1)are a messenger from God.
D (xx0232@1)         AYou (x02220@1)are the angel I forgot.
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)               BmAnd (x24432@1)who's to say that it isn't real?

        G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)the wheel goes round and round.
        G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)        BmAnd (x24432@1)the flame in our souls will never burn out.
        G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)the wheel, and the wheel goes round.

F#m (244222@1)                   GI'm (320003@1)not looking for the answers.
F#m (244222@1)                 GOh, (320003@1)darling don't you see
F#m (244222@1)                 EThat (022100@1)just to know the question
G (320003@1)                AIs (x02220@1)good enough for me.

(solo which is based on a rising D scale, that much I know)

D (xx0232@1)         ATake (x02220@1)up the hearts you came to heal.
D (xx0232@1)           APut (x02220@1)down your dagger and your shield.
D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)              BmYou (x24432@1)need fear nothing now from me.
D (xx0232@1)       AI (x02220@1)see the essence of the man.
D (xx0232@1)       AI (x02220@1)stand before you as a friend.
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)                     BmThe (x24432@1)truth moves through us even when we sleep.

        G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)the wheel goes round and round.
        G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)        BmAnd (x24432@1)the flame in our souls will never burn out.
        G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)the wheel, and the wheel goes round.

(alternate between G and A a few times then back to D with riff)
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Still with me? Good. If you'd like the handy-dandy Marc Hirsh
transposition into the key of A, follow along. Capo at the 2nd
fret. Then, change the following chords:

Chord in original key    Chord FORM capoed at 2
---------------------    ----------------------
D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A                        D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm                       Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G                        C (x32010@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m                      Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_022100@1">E                        A (x02220@1)That should do it. With a text editor, you should be able to
change the chords in the main body of this file yourself. Not only
does it make it easier on us baritone-types, but it also
eliminates that pesky F#m chord, which can be a pain if your
fingers aren't in the mood to barre chords. If you get some use
out of this song, let me know, so I can be sure that I'm not just
posting to see my own name on the .net.

--
Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)

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