Key: G major
Verse 1
D
Em
If I took a rollin' wheel
G
D
Faug
And rolled it ten times round
Dm
D
Em
A
G
Em
Would it travel far from here
C
D
Or would it just go round
Em
G
Em
Verse 2
Em
G
As a young boy I helped
Am
C
G
D
Workin' in the fields
G
Em
And everyday, we hauled the hay
Am
C
G
D
To the rollin' of the wheels
G
Em
G
Em
'Til one day the tractor laid
Am
C
G
D
The old man down to the ground
G
Em
The tractor pitched him into a ditch and
C
Em
Left a dusty sound
Am
C
Em
Of the wheel that kept spinnin' round
Am
C
The wheel that kept spinnin'
C
Em
D
Verse 3
G
Em
G
Em
Rollin' wheel, rollin' on
C
G
D
Takin' us all on our way
G
Em
G
Em
Rollin' wheel, rollin' on
C
Em
Takin back all that they gave
C
Em
Takin' us all on our way
C
Em
D
Takin' back all that they save
Verse 4
D
G
Em
G
Em
I've never knew my father well
C
Am
G
D
The war called him too soon
G
Em
G
Said he was an officer
Em
C
Am
G
D
Saw some pictures in my room
G
Em
The letter said he was
G
Em
reported dead
C
Am
Near the front lines he'd
G
D
been found
G
Em
A mine blew his jeep into a
G
Em
C
twisted heep
Am
C
Of the wheel that kept spinnin'
round.
Em
C
Em
D
Verse 5
G
Em
G
Em
Rollin' wheel, rollin' on
C
G
D
Takin' us all on our way
G
Em
G
Em
Rollin' wheels, rollin' on
C
Em
Takin' us all to the grave
C
Em
Takin' back all that they save
C
Em
Takin' us all on our way
Verse 6
G
Em
G
Em
brother chased a dream of wheels
C
G
D
His whole life geared for the race
G
Em
G
Em
As soon as he could, he drove off for good
Am
G
D
quick, and straight
G
Em
G
Em
He only lived to spin those wheels
C
Am
G
D
And make that move over ground
G
Em
'Til the steering failed and
G
Em
he crashed the rail
C
Em
And he laid there still for the sounds
round.
Em
C
Em
D
Verse 7
G
Em
G
Em
Rollin' wheel, they're rollin' on
C
G
D
Takin' us all on our way
G
Em
G
Em
The rollin' wheels, rollin' on
C
Em
Takin' back all that they gave
C
Em
Takin' us all on our way
C
Em
Takin' back all that they say
Verse 8
G
Em
G
Em
As for me, my life's too short
C
G
D
The wheel has carried my far
G
Em
G
Em
Around this world 100times
C
Am
G
D
By bus, truck, train, bike , or car (???)
G
Em
G
Em
And just like the rest I roll on to my death
C
Am
On a country road far from town
G
D
G
I stare by the wheel
Em
G
Em
just as sure as I feel
C
Em
That there won't be but one sound
Verse 9
spinning round
Em
C
Em
D
Verse 10
G
Em
G
Em
Rollin wheels, rollin' on
G
D
G
The rollin' wheels,
Em
G
Em
rollin' on
C
Em
Takin' back all that they say
C
Em
Takin us all on our way
C
Em
Takin' us all on our way
Verse 11
Em
G
Em
yeah rollin' on
C
Em
Takin' back all that they gave
Outro 1
Em
C
F#dim
C
Em
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