BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS
  

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:47:48 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./b/blood_sweat_and_tears/spinning_wheel.crd

                            "Spinning Wheel"
                          (D. Clayton-Thomas)

Intro:

	Horns [D7#9 in low and high octaves]:

	                    1111
	[x5456x]         [xx2133]
	v   v   v   v    v   v   v   v
	/                ///// //// //

Verse 1:

	bass (doubled with piano); chords implied

	(E7)    (A7)      (D7)    (G)
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
	-7---7---------3-|-5---5-------2-5-
	-------3-5---5---|-------1-3-------

	What goes up  must come down           [cowbell enters]
	Spinnin' wheel got to go 'round        [full drum kit enters]
	Talkin' 'bout your troubles it's a cryin' sin
	D7 [N.C.]                      D7#9
	Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel spin

Verse 2:

	   E7#9    A13          D7#9    G
	You got no money and you got no home
	E7#9      A13  D7#9  G [no horns]
	Spinnin' wheel all alone
	E7#9               A13              D7#9   G
	Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you never learn
	D7 [N.C.]                      D7#9 
	Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel turn

Bridge:

	Cadd2           Bbadd2
	Did you find the directing sign on the
	Abadd2              Gadd2
	Straight and narrow highway
	Cadd2            Bbadd2
	Would you mind a reflecting sign
	Abadd2             G [bass]
	Just let it shine within your mind
	Ab/G              Bb              C
	And show you the colors that are real

	Dadd2            Am7/D
	/ / / /  / / / /   / / / /  / / / /

	Horns (chords built on fourths):

	F7sus4(no 5)           F7#9sus4(no 5)
	x888xx                 x8889x
	/  /  /  /  /// ///    /////  ////  //

Verse 3:

	Someone is waiting just for you
	E7#9      A13   D7#9      G [trombone: D->E slide]
	Spinnin' wheel, spinnin' true
	Drop all your troubles by the riverside
	     D7 [N.C.]                      D7#9
	[1: Catch a painted pony on the spinning wheel ride]
	     D7 [N.C.]
	[2: Ride a painted pony let the spinning wheel fly]

Instrumental break:

	(LP version:)

	bass/piano as per first verse [2X]

	E7#9  A13   D7#9  G13	[4x]
	E7#9  Eb7#9  D7#9

	(single version substitutes guitar solo over E7-A7-D7-G [2x])

[repeat verse 3]

Coda [repeat and disintegrate]:

	E7#9  A13  [Eb]  D7#9   Gmaj7    [2X]

	(calliope effects on recorders)

	E7#9  A13  [Eb]  D7#9   Gmaj7

	(calliope effects on recorders)

	E7#9  A13  [Eb]  D7#9   Gmaj7    [horns fade out 3rd time]

	(recorders continue to end)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers