Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
AbAb DbDb AbAb BbmBbm
Verse 1:
BbmBbm AbAb
I see his face
DbDb AbAb DbDb
I hear his heartbeat
DbDb C minorCm
I look in those eyes
F minorFm GbGb
How wise they seem
Chorus:
BbmBbm DbmDbm AbAb C majorC
Well, when he is old enough
C majorC F minorFm Bb7Bb7
I will show him America
DbmDbm AbAb
And we will ride
Eb MajorEb AbAb (Ab7Ab7 Bb7Bb7)
on the wheels of a dream
Verse 2:
BbmBbm DbDb Eb MajorEb AbAb Bm7Bm7
We'll go down south (go down south)
AbAb DbDb
And see your people (see my folks)
C minorCm F minorFm
Won't they take to him (they'll take to him)
GbGb Bb7Bb7
Like cats to cream (aAHhH)
DbmDbm AbAb
Then we'll travel on from there
C majorC C7C7 F minorFm
California or who knows where
Bb7Bb7 E7E7 AbAb
And we will ride
Eb MajorEb Abm7Abm7
On the wheels of a dream
Progression:
DbDb Abm7Abm7 Dv Abm7Abm7 DbDb Abm7Abm7 Fm7Fm7 BbM7Bbm7 Fm7Fm7 Bb majorBb
Bridge:
Bb majorBb Fm7Fm7 Bb majorBb Fm7Fm7 Bb majorBb Fm7Fm7 BbmBbm
Yes the wheels are turning for us girl
Bb majorBb Fm7Fm7 Bb majorBb Fm7Fm7 BbmBbm Fm7Fm7
and the times are starting to roll
Am7Am7 D MajorD Am7Am7 D MajorD Am7Am7 D MajorD
any man can get where he wants to
D MajorD Am7Am7 D MajorD Am7Am7 Am7Am7
if he's got some fire in his sould
D MajorD Am7Am7 D MajorD Am7Am7 D MajorD GbGb
We'll see justice Sarah
Dbm7Dbm7 GbGb DbDb GbGb Dbm7Dbm7 GbGb Dmb7 GbGb Dbm7Dbm7 GbGb Dm7Dm7
and plenty of men who will stand up and give us our due
FF Bb majorBb
Oh Sarah it's more that promises
Bb majorBb
Sarah it must be true
GbGb Am7Am7
A augmentedA country that lets a man like me
EbmEbm
Own a car
EbmEbm
Raise a child
Cm7Cm7
Build a life with you
Cm7Cm7 G+G E minor 7Em7
with you (with you)
G+G E minor 7Em7 FF G+G C majorC
Beyond that road
C majorC
Beyond this lifetime
FF E minorEm
That car full of hope
A minorAm Bb majorBb D MajorD
will always gleam
E minorEm C majorC
with the promise of happiness
E7E7 A minorAm Dm7Dm7
and the freedom he'll live to know
C majorC
he'll travel with head held high
E MajorE E7E7 A minorAm
just as far as his heart can go
D7D7 C majorC
and we will ride
C majorC Dm7Dm7
our son will ride
G+G FF G+G FF Dm7Dm7 C majorC
on the wheels of a dream