Turning Of The Wheel

 

Written by Chuck McDermott

 

Chuck Mc Dermott´s song ‘Turning Of The Wheel’ was requested by Kit Newton.  We do requests when we can.  Neil Procter sent an mp3 before Kit could and also helped with the words.  The internet yields

the following info: the LP “Turning Of The Wheel” was released in 1986 by the UK label Sun Sign in 1986, catalog(ue) # SSAD02It´s still available, easy to google.  Also via Homecoming Records, where the release date is given as 1984.

Very good song, no wonder John liked it so much.

 

 

Downstrum (D)  (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D5) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D5) Downstrum (A)

(D)I can see my (G)teenage wine, (A)dripping through my (D)hands,

And running (D/C#)off my (Bm)boot-tops, (Bm/A) like a (Em)woman (G)from a (A)man.

(D)I recall the (G)summer breezes, (A)blowing through my (D)hair,

How I´d (D/C#)spend a (Bm)dollar, (Bm/A) when I (Em)had a (G)few to (A)spare.

 

But (Bm)things are not so (A)simple now (Bm)as they were back (A)then,

With (Bm)each thing new that (A)I must (D)do, there´s (Em)something (G)that must (A)end.

Now (G)other faces (A)look at me, oh, and (D)what they say is (G)real,  (G/F#)

(Em)I can see the (A)turning of the (D)wheel. (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D5) Downstrum (A)

 

(D)I can hear the (G)morning thunder, (A)driving into (D)town

And I can (D/C#)smell the (Bm)raindrops, (Bm/A) as they (Em)wash the (G)factory (A)down.

And (D)honey, oh, I (G)love you, and I´m (A)glad for all we (D)did,

I don´t re(D/C#)gret the (Bm)wedding (Bm/A)rings, and I (Em)don´t re(G)gret the (A)kid.

 

But (Bm)playing on the (A)radio is a (Bm)song we used to (A)sing,

(Bm)Thinking we´re for(A)ever young, (D) ap(Em)art from (G)every (A)thing.

(G)Looking back on (A)yesterday, oh, and (D)how I used to (G)feel,  (G/F#)

(Em)I can see the (A)turning of the (D)wheel. (D4) (D) (A)

 

(D)Oh, (A/C#)oh, (Bm)oh, (A)oh, the (Em)turning (A)of the (D)wheel,

Oh, (A/C#)oh, (Bm)oh, (A)oh, the (Em)turning (G)of the (A)wheel.

(G)Looking back on (A)yesterday, oh, and (D)how I used to (G)feel,  (G/F#)

(Em)I can see the (A)turning of the (D)wheel. (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D5) Downstrum (A)

(Bm)  (A)  (Bm)  (A)  (Bm)  (A) (D) (Em) (G) (A)

 

As (G)days turn into (A)yearbooks now, the (D)only thing that´s (G)real   (G/F#)

Be(Em)tween us is the (A)turning of the (D)wheel. (D4) (D) (A)

 

(D)Oh, (A/C#)oh, (Bm)oh, (A)oh, the (Em)turning (A)of the (D)wheel,

Oh, (A/C#)oh, (Bm)oh, (A)oh, the (Em)turning (G)of the (A)wheel.

(G)Looking back on (A)yesterday, oh, and (D)how I used to (G)feel,   (G/F#)

(Em) I can see the (A)turning of the (D)wheel, (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(Em) I can see the (A)turning of the (D)wheel, (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(Em) I can see the (A)turning of the (D)wheel. (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D5) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D) Downstrum (A)

(D) (D4) (D) (D2) (D4) (D5) Downstrum (A)  (D)

 

© Chuck McDermott, All Rights Reserved

 

Requested by Kit Newton. Thanks to Neil Procter for the mp3 and for help with the lyrics!

 

janhauenstein@gmx.de, Charlie Woodward & Art Faller

 

September 2009