The Great Mandella tab by Peter, Paul And Mary

The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life)

written by Peter Yarrow
from Peter Paul and Mary album Album 1700
tabbed by Adrian Dumchus (dumchusa@aol.com)

Chords:

    G   G*  C   C*  E7  Em  A   A7  Am  Am7 D7
e --3---3---0---3---0---0---0---0---0---3---2--
B --0---3---1---5---3---0---2---2---1---1---1--
G --0---4---0---5---1---0---2---0---2---2---2--
D --0---5---2---5---2---2---2---2---2---2---0--
A --2---5---3---3---2---2---0---0---0---0------
E --3---3-----------0---0----------------------

played in Standard Tuning (E A D G B E 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...


     E7                              A
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...


     D7                              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#                              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...


     E7                              A             A7
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)
   Em                  Am
...place on...      ...Mandella...
             Am7       Em
          ...moment of time...
   C                   Em
...lose...          ...choose...
   Am                  Em
...if you lose...   ...life...