Key: B major•
Intro 1
D#m
C#sus4
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E
D#m
C#sus4
F#
E
D
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D
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Verse 1
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only a kid, didn't know enough to be afraid
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but not the way the big boys played
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Nothing to lose,
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maybe I had something to trade
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The way the big wheel spins
Verse 2
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only a kid, on a holy crusade
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I placed no trust in a faith
that was ready-made
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Take Take no chances on
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paradise delayed
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So I do a slow fade
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Verse 3
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F#
G#m
Playing for time
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F#
E
B
Don't want to wait for heaven
F#
G#m
Looking for love
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F#
E
F#
B
For an angel to forgive my sins
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G#m
Playing with fire
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F#
Chasing something new
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B
to believe in
F#
G#m
E
Looking for love
F#
E
F#
E
The way the big wheel spins
F#
E
The way the big wheel spins
Verse 4
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cruising around in a trance
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Prisoner of fate, victim of circumstance
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I was lined up for glory,
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but the tickets sold out in advance
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The way the big wheel spins
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Verse 5
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Well, I was only a kid,
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gone without a backward glance
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going for another chance
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Hoping for heaven,
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G
hoping for a fine romance
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If I do the right dance
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Verse 6
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F#
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Don't want to wait for heaven
F#
G#m
Looking for love
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F#
E
F#
B
For an angel to forgive my sins
F#
G#m
Playing with fire
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F#
Chasing something new to
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B
F#
believe in
G#m
E
Looking for love
F#
E
F#
E
The way the big wheel spins
F#
E
The way the big wheel spins
F#
D#m
Interlude 1
C#sus4
F#
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D#m
C#
F#
E
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F#
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F#
Verse 7
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Wheel goes 'round,
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landing on a twist of faith
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Taking your chances you'll
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begins
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F#
Verse 8
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Wheel goes 'round,
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landing on a leap of fate
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Life redirected in ways
F#
E
Sometimes the odd number wins
F#
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The way the big wheel
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A
Verse 9
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F#
G#m
Playing for time
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F#
E
B
Don't want to wait for heaven
F#
G#m
Looking for love
E
F#
E
F#
B
For an angel to forgive my sins
F#
G#m
Playing with fire
B
F#
Chasing something new
E
B
to believe in
F#
G#m
E
Looking for love
F#
E
F#
B
The way the big wheel spins
F#
G#m
Playing for time
Verse 10
B
F#
E
B
Don't want to wait for heaven
F#
G#m
E
Looking for love
F#
E
F#
The way the big wheel spins
E
F#
E
F#
B
G#m
E
The way the big
Outro 1
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G#m
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