The Great Mandala (The Wheel Of Life) chords by
Richie Havens

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Key: F major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
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B B 2
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A A 
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So I told him that he'd
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A A 
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G G 
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better shut his mouth
D D 
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And do his job like a man
B B 2
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And he answered, "Listen
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Father, I will never
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A A 
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kill another  "
Em Em 
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Thinks he's

Verse 2

Asus4

better

Than his brother who died

What the hell does he think he's doing

To his father who brought him up right?

Verse 3
Bm Bm 2
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Take your place on the
Em Em 
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Great Mandala
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Bm Bm 2
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brief moment in  time
G G 
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Win or lose now,
Bm Bm 2
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you must choose now
Em Em 
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And if  you lose you're
Edim Edim 
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only losing your   life

Interlude 1

Esus4

Tell the jailer

Verse 4

not to bother

With his meal of bread and water today

He is fasting 'til the killing's over

Verse 5
D D 
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He's a martyr,
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he thinks he's a prophet
Asus4 Asus4 
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But he's     a coward,
G G 
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D D 
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he's just playing a game
C# C# 4
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D D 
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He can't do  it, he can't change it
B B 2
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And it's been going on for
E E 
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ten thousand years

Verse 6
Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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Take your place on the Great Mandala
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Bm Bm 2
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brief moment of  time
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Win or lose now, you must choose now
Em Em 
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And if  you lose you're only
Edim Edim 
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losing your   life

Interlude 2

What's that rum

Verse 7
A A 
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bling in
D D 
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the courtyard?
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G G 
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Seven thousand faces are
D D 
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turned to the gate
B B 2
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E E 
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What's that they are saying? Kill the traitor
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A A 
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D D 
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Kill the traitor, kill the traitor,
A A 
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B B 2
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Asus4 Asus4 
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A A 
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D D 
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C# C# 4
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kill the traitor

Interlude 3

Verse 8
Bm Bm 2
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Take your place on the
B B 2
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Em Em 
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Great Mandala
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Bm Bm 2
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brief moment of  time
G G 
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Win or lose now,
Bm Bm 2
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you must choose now
Em Em 
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And if  you lose you're only
Edim Edim 
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losing your life

Interlude 4

Edim

Verse 9
D D 
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Tell the people they are safe now
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Hunger stopped him,
D D 
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now he lies still in his cell
B B 2
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Death has gagged all his accusations
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Verse 10
D D 
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D D 
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We are free now, we can kill now
Asus4 Asus4 
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We can hate     now,
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D D 
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now we can end  the world
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D D 
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We're not guilty, he was crazy
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And it's been going on for
ten thousand years
E E 
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Verse 11
Bm Bm 2
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Take your place on the
Em Em 
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Great Mandala
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Bm Bm 2
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brief moment of  time
G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Win or lose now, we must choose now
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And if you lose you're

Verse 12
only wasting your life
Edim Edim 
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If you lose you're only wasting your life
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Edim Edim 
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If  you lose you're only wasting your life
If you lose you're only
Em Em 
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wasting your life

Outro 1

If you lose you've only wasted your life

Edim

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