Tabs
The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life)
written by Peter Yarrow
from Peter Paul and Mary album Album 1700
tabbed by Adrian Dumchus ([email protected])
Chords:
G+G G* 
C majorC C* 
E7E7 
E minorEm 
A augmentedA 
A7A7 
A minorAm 
Am7Am7 
D7D7
e --3---3---0---3---0---0---0---0---0---3---2--
BB --0---3---1---5---3---0---2---2---1---1---1--
G+G --0---4---0---5---1---0---2---0---2---2---2--
D MajorD --0---5---2---5---2---2---2---2---2---2---0--
A augmentedA --2---5---3---3---2---2---0---0---0---0------
E MajorE --3---3-----------0---0----------------------
played in Standard Tuning (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE from low to high)
There are some minor changes throughout the song, but here
are the basic patterns. For the lyrics, check out
www.peterpaulandmary.com
Intro:
A* A*
E-|--5---------5----5---------5---|--5---------5----5---------5---|
B-|--------5--------------5-------|--------5--------------5-------|
G-|-----6-------6------6-------6--|-----6-------6------6-------6--|
D-|--7------0---------------------|--7------0---------------------|
A-|-----------------7------0------|-----------------7------0------|
E-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Verse:
A* A*
E-|--5---------5----5---------5---|--5---------5----5---------5---|
B-|--------5--------------5-------|--------5--------------5-------|
G-|-----6-------6------6-------6--|-----6-------6------6-------6--|
D-|--7------0---------------------|--7------0---------------------|
A-|-----------------7------0------|-----------------7------0------|
E-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
...told him... ...better...
C* G*
E-|--------3-----------5----------|--------3-----------3----------|
B-|--5--------5-5----------5-5----|--3--------3-3----------3-3----|
G-|-----5------5-----5------5-----|-----4------4-----4------4-----|
D-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A-|--3------3------3-----3--------|-------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------|--3------3------3-----3--------|
...mouth... ...job...
E7E7 A augmentedA
E-|--------0-----------0----------|--------0-----------0----------|
B-|--3--------3-3----------3-3----|--2--------2-2----------2-2----|
G-|-----2------2-----2------2-----|-----2------2-----2------2-----|
D-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------|--0------0------0-----0--------|
E-|--0------0------0-----0--------|-------------------------------|
...answered... ...father...
A* A*
E-|--5---------5----5---------5---|--5---------5----5---------5---|
B-|--------5--------------5-------|--------5--------------5-------|
G-|-----6-------6------6-------6--|-----6-------6------6-------6--|
D-|--7------0---------------------|--7------0---------------------|
A-|-----------------7------0------|-----------------7------0------|
E-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
...never... ...another...
D7D7 G+G
E-|--------2-----------2----------|--------3-----------3----------|
B-|--1--------1-1----------1-1----|--0--------0-0----------0-0----|
G-|-----2------2-----2------2-----|-----0------0-----0------0-----|
D-|--0------0------0-----0--------|-------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------|--3------3------3-----3--------|
...better... ...brother...
F#F# G*
E-|--------2-----------2----------|--------3-----------3----------|
B-|--2--------2-2----------2-2----|--3--------3-3----------3-3----|
G-|-----3------3-----3------3-----|-----4------4-----4------4-----|
D-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E-|--2------2------2-----2--------|--3------3------3-----3--------|
...hell... ...think...
E7E7 A augmentedA A7A7
E-|--------0-----------0----------|--5--------5----0------0--0----|
B-|--3--------3-3----------3-3----|--------2-------2------2--2----|
G-|-----2------2-----2------2-----|-----2------2---0------0--0----|
D-|-------------------------------|----------------2------2--2----|
A-|-------------------------------|--0------0------0------0--0----|
E-|--0------0------0-----0--------|-------------------------------|
...father... ...right...
Chorus: (strum)
E minorEm A minorAm
...place on... ...Mandella...
Am7Am7 E minorEm
...moment of time...
C majorC E minorEm
...lose... ...choose...
A minorAm E minorEm
...if you lose... ...life...
