The Wing And The Wheel chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro/ Riff:

e|----------------0----------0----------0----------------------------2-----------|
BB|-----------3----------3----------3----------------------3----------------------|
G+G|-----0--------------------------------------0-----0-------------0--------------|
D MajorD|--------0----------0---------------------------------2-------2-----------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------2------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--3--------------------------------------3-----0-------------------------------|


e|-------------------0----------3----0-----0--------------------------------2--------|
BB|-3-----3-----1----------1-------------1-------1----------------3-------------------|
G+G|----0-----------0----------0---------------------0-------2-------------2-----------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------0-------0---------------|
A augmentedA|----------0--------------------------------------------0---------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

play each chord holding down the third fret on the high e string
♫ Verse 1:
 G+G          E minorEm
The wing and the wheel, oh, they carry things away
      Am7Am7
Whether it's me that does the leavin'
    D MajorD
Or the love that flies away
G+G                  E minorEm
The moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight
       Am7Am7
Oh, there's a chunk out of its middle
D MajorD
Big enough for an old fool to hide

Riff:

♫ Verse 2:
G+G             E minorEm
Where are all the dreAmers that I used know?
      Am7Am7
We used to linger beneath street lAmps
    D MajorD
In the halos and the smoke
     G+G             E minorEm
Then the wing and the wheel cAme to carry thEm away
       Am7Am7
Now they all live out in the suburbs
      D MajorD
Where their dreAms are in their children at play

Riff:

♫ Verse 3:
     G+G
There's a pale sky in the east
    E minorEm
All the stars are in the west
    Am7Am7
Oh, and here's to all the dreAmers
    D MajorD
May our open hearts find rest
G+G                E minorEm
The wing and the wheel are gonna carry us along
        Am7Am7
And we'll have mEmories for company
D MajorD
Long after the songs are gone

Riff as ♫ Outro: