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Wheels Of The Machine Tab by The Darkness

Wheels Of The Machine tab by The Darkness

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Intro - 0:00:

 (Volume Swell)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2~-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3~-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
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Verse - 0:17:

      One cog, connected to another - We are dependin' on each other
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


     Can't make a love like this alone.
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


      All of our destinies await us - Somewhere within the apparatus
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


     If we never let each other down, they cannot deflate us.
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|



Chorus - 0:39:

    Oh, we're more lost than we've ever been - Oh, in the wheels of the machine
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|
D|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|
A|--3-----5------------------------------------|--3-----5------------------------------------|
E|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|


    Oh, someone get me out of here - Before I cry my eyes out again my dear
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------0---------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7--------------2-----------0---------|---------------------------------------------|
D|--5-----7--------2-----2-----------2---------|---------------------------------------------|
A|--3-----5--------2-----0-----0--2--3---------|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|



Verse - 1:01:

      Desire burning like a fever - Too scared to operate the lever
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


     Tell me it hurts, well I believed ya - 'cause I'm hurting too.
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


      Try to be a man, and take a care of - The love of my life, her name is Sarah
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


     'Cause I promised a world like this one, only fairer.
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|------0-------0-----0-------0-------0-----0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|--0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0--|
D|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|--2-------4-------4-----5-------4-------4----|
A|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|--3-------5-------5-----7-------5-------5----|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|



Chorus - 1:24:

    Oh, we're more lost than we've ever been - Oh, in the wheels of the machine
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------5-3-0----------|
G|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|--5-----7----------------2~---------2/4\2-0--|
D|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|
A|--3-----5------------------------------------|--3-----5------------------------------------|
E|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|


    Oh, someone get me out of here - Before I cry my eyes out again my dear
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7--------------2-----------5----7----|---------------------------------------------|
D|--5-----7--------2-----2-----------5----7----|---------------------------------------------|
A|--3-----5--------2-----0-----0--2--3----5----|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|



Interlude - 1:46:


e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|--/15~--15--15~---17--15~----12--------------|
G|--5-----7------------------------------------|---------------------------------14--12~-----|
D|--5-----7----------5-----5---5/10~-----------|---------------------------------------------|
A|--3-----5----------5-----5---5/10~-----------|---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------3-----3---3/8~~-----------|---------------------------------------------|


e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-------------12~---12--10--12--14~---14/15~--|--15-15p12~--------------------------------0-|
G|--5-----7------------------------------------|------------14p12~-12~--2/4~-4\2~-0--------0-|
D|--5-----7------------------------------------|------------------------------------0--2/4---|
A|--3-----5------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|



Outro - 2:13: ~*Second guitar plays the same progression of the verse here*~

    In the wheels, the wheels of the machine - In the wheels, the wheels of the machine
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|
D|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|
A|--3-----5------------------------------------|--3-----5------------------------------------|
E|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|


    Aaaaahhhhh, wheels, aaahhhh (Wheels of the machine) - Ooooohhhh (Wheels of the machine)
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7--------------2---------------------|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|
D|--5-----7--------2-----2---------------------|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|
A|--3-----5--------2-----0--------0--2---------|--3-----5------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------------------|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|


    In the wheels, the wheels of the machine - In the wheels, in the wheels of the machine
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|
D|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|
A|--3-----5------------------------------------|--3-----5------------------------------------|
E|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|


    In the wheels, the wheels of the machine - In the wheels, in the wheels of the machine
e|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7--------------2---------------------|--5-----7----------------2~-----2/4\2p0------|
D|--5-----7--------2-----2---------------------|--5-----7----------------0-------------------|
A|--3-----5--------2-----0--------0--2---------|--3-----5------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------------------|-------------0--2--3~------------------------|



End - 3:07:



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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato

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