Massive Attack - Hymn of the big wheel
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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
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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 |
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 |
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 againEb5The 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 |