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 (x2444x@1)   F#, E, B, B (x2444x@1)  F#, C#, E, B (x2444x@1)                            alternate
                            F#, C#, B, F# (244322@1)in full : 

F# (244322@1)           EWe (022100@1)are the 8 0 1

B (x2444x@1)                F# (244322@1)We are the central shaft  -  And we are

E (022100@1)             Bhere (x2444x@1)to let you take advantage

F# (244322@1)           EOf (022100@1)our lack of craft

B (x2444x@1)                  F#Certain (244322@1)streets have certain corners

E (022100@1)              BSooner (x2444x@1)or later, we'll turn yours

F# (244322@1)           EWe (022100@1)are the 8 0 1

B (x2444x@1)                   F#We (244322@1)are the central shaft  - And thus through-

 E (022100@1)                 B-out (x2444x@1)two years we've crossed the ocean 

F# (244322@1)          Ein (022100@1)our little craft (Row! Row! Row!)

B (x2444x@1)              F#Now (244322@1)we're on the telephone

E (022100@1)              BMaking (x2444x@1)final arrangements (Ding! Ding!)

F# (244322@1)           EWe (022100@1)are the 8 0 1

B (x2444x@1)                   F#We (244322@1)are the central shaft 

E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)B (x2444x@1)F# (244322@1)                  E (022100@1)Looking for a certain ratio

B (x2444x@1)                       B (x2444x@1)                    
Someone must have left it underneath the carpet

F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1)Looking up and down the radio

B (x2444x@1)                  B (x2444x@1)                    
Oh-oh, nothing there this time

F# (244322@1)                  E (022100@1)Looking for a certain ratio

B (x2444x@1)                      B (x2444x@1)                    
Someone said they saw it parking in a car-lot

F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1)Looking up and down the radio

B (x2444x@1)                  B (x2444x@1)  
Oh-oh, nothing there this time

F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1)Going back down to the radio

B (x2444x@1)                        B (x2444x@1)  
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# (244322@1)             
We are the table, the captain's table

C#Let's (x43121@1)get it understood, let's get it understood

EWe (022100@1)are the losers, we are the bruisers

BLet's (x2444x@1)get it understood, let's get it understood

F#We (244322@1)are the diners, the final diners

C#Let's (x43121@1)get it understood, let's get it understood

EMost (022100@1)of us tinkers, some of us tailors,

BAnd (x2444x@1)we've got candlesticks, and lots of cocktail sticks

F#We (244322@1)saw the lovers, the modern lovers

C#And (x43121@1)they looked very good, they looked as if they could

EWe (022100@1)are the neighbours, the nosy neighbours

BWe (x2444x@1)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

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