song: The True Wheel artist: Brian Eno album: Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) original release 1974 reissued 2004 as: Virgin CD 7243 5 77288 2 9 transcribed by memfree Basic song: 1st part 2nd part 3rd part F#, E, B F#, E, B, B F#, C#, E, B alternate F#, C#, B, F# in full : F# E We are the 8 0 1 B F# We are the central shaft - And we are E B here to let you take advantage F# E Of our lack of craft B F# Certain streets have certain corners E B Sooner or later, we'll turn yours F# E We are the 8 0 1 B F# We are the central shaft - And thus through- E B -out two years we've crossed the ocean F# E in our little craft (Row! Row! Row!) B F# Now we're on the telephone E B Making final arrangements (Ding! Ding!) F# E We are the 8 0 1 B F# We are the central shaft E B B F# E Looking for a certain ratio B B Someone must have left it underneath the carpet F# E Looking up and down the radio B B Oh-oh, nothing there this time F# E Looking for a certain ratio B B Someone said they saw it parking in a car-lot F# E Looking up and down the radio B B Oh-oh, nothing there this time F# E Going back down to the radio B B Oh, oh - oh, oh - oh, oh - here we go! ======= ======= ======= === B, B bent to C/C#, A, B -- like: === 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E |-----------------------|-----------------------| B |-----------------------|-----------------------| G |-----------------------|-----------------------| D |--9-9b10------7-----9--|--9-9b10------7-----9--| A |-----------------------|-----------------------| E |-----------------------|-----------------------| Either keep that up for the last part, or switch to chords. I like F#, C#, E, B when alone, or F#, C#, B, F# if there is A bass. ======= ======= ======= F# We are the table, the captain's table C# Let's get it understood, let's get it understood E We are the losers, we are the bruisers B Let's get it understood, let's get it understood F# We are the diners, the final diners C# Let's get it understood, let's get it understood E Most of us tinkers, some of us tailors, B And we've got candlesticks, and lots of cocktail sticks F# We saw the lovers, the modern lovers C# And they looked very good, they looked as if they could E We are the neighbours, the nosy neighbours B We think just like we would, we think just like we should. ==== (continue 3rd part) ==== Oh, oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh