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Tuning: E A D G B E
HYMN OF THE BIG WHEEL by MASSIVE ATTACK Eb5 = Eb major chord with no 3 (Eb power chord): x688xx Eb4 = interval of a fourth starting on Eb: x66xxx Eb3 = interval of a third starting on Eb: x65xxx Eb1 = interval of an octave starting on Eb: x6x8xx Fm7no5add4: x8889x * * * Eb5 Chorus 1 - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |big wheel keeps on |turning | - - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 Bb On a |simple line day by |day - - Eb - - - - - - - - - - Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |earth spins on its ax-|is | Eb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 Bb One man struggle while another relax-|es | Verse 1 - - - - - - - -Eb5 There's a hole |in my soul like a cavity Seems like the world is out to gather just by gravity The wheel keeps turning the sky's rearranging Look my son the weather is changing I'd like to feel that you could be free Look up at the blue skies beneath a new tree Sometime again Eb3 - - - - - - - - - - - -Eb4 You'll turn green and the |sea turns red |
Eb5|My son I said the power of axis over my head
Chorus 2 - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |big wheel keeps on |turning | - - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bb On a |simple line day by |day - - Eb - - - - - - - - - - Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |earth spins on its ax-|is - - - - - - - | Eb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 Bb One man struggle while another relax-|es - - - - - - - - - Verse 2 - -Eb - - - - - - - -Eb5 We |sang about the sun and danced among the trees And we listened to the whisper of the city on the breeze Will you cry in remorse in a lead-free zone Down within the shadows where the factories drone On the surface of the wheel they build another town And so the green comes tumbling down - - Eb3 - - - - - - - - -Eb4 Yes |close your eyes and |hold me tight

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Eb5|show you sunset sometime again
Chorus 3 - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |big wheel keeps on |turning | - - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bb On a |simple line day by |day | - - Eb - - - - - - - - - - Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |earth spins on its ax-|is | Eb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 Bb One man struggle while another relax-|es | Eb3 |Eb5 | Bridge (?) (Eb5) As a child's silent prayer my hope hides in disguise While satellites and cameras watch from the skies An acid drop of rain recycled from the sea It washed away my shadow burnt a hole in me And |all the king's men cannot |put it back again - - - - Eb3 - - - - - - -Eb4 But the |ghetto sun will |nurture life - - Eb5 - - - - - Eb4 - Eb3 - - - - - Eb And |mend my soul |some |time a-|gain | Chorus 4 - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |big wheel keeps on |turning | - - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bb On a |simple line day by |day | - - Eb - - - - - - - - - - Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |earth spins on its ax-|is | Eb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 Bb One man struggle while another relax-|es | - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bbsus4 The |big wheel keeps on |turning | - - - Eb - - - - - - - - -Fm7no5add4 Bb On a |simple line day by |day | - - Eb5- - - - - - - - - - F7sus4no5 Bb4 Bb5 The |earth spins on its ax-|is | Eb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -F7sus4no5 Bb4 Bb3 One man struggle while another relax-|es |
Eb5The big wheel keeps on |turning | On a |simple line day by |day | The |earth spins on its ax-|is | One man struggle while another relax-|es |