song: The True Wheel
artist: Brian Eno
album: Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
original release 1974
reissued 2004 as: Virgin CD 7243 5 77288 2 9
transcribed by memfree
Basic song:
1st part 2nd part 3rd part
F#, E, B F#, E, B, B F#, C#, E, B
alternate
F#, C#, B, F#
in full :
F# E
We are the 8 0 1
B F#
We are the central shaft — And we are
E B
here to let you take advantage
F# E
Of our lack of craft
B F#
Certain streets have certain corners
E B
Sooner or later, we'll turn yours
F# E
We are the 8 0 1
B F#
We are the central shaft — And thus through—
E B
—out two years we've crossed the ocean
F# E
in our little craft (Row! Row! Row!)
B F#
Now we're on the telephone
E B
Making final arrangements (Ding! Ding!)
F# E
We are the 8 0 1
B F#
We are the central shaft
E B B
F# E
Looking for a certain ratio
B B
Someone must have left it underneath the carpet
F# E
Looking up and down the radio
B B
Oh—oh, nothing there this time
F# E
Looking for a certain ratio
B B
Someone said they saw it parking in a car—lot
F# E
Looking up and down the radio
B B
Oh—oh, nothing there this time
F# E
Going back down to the radio
B B
Oh, oh — oh, oh — oh, oh — here we go!
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=== B, B bent to C/C#, A, B —— like: ===
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E |———————————————————————|———————————————————————|
B |———————————————————————|———————————————————————|
G |———————————————————————|———————————————————————|
D |——9—9b10——————7—————9——|——9—9b10——————7—————9——|
A |———————————————————————|———————————————————————|
E |———————————————————————|———————————————————————|
Either keep that up for the last part, or switch to chords.
I like F#, C#, E, B when alone, or F#, C#, B, F# if there is a bass.
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F#
We are the table, the captain's table
C#
Let's get it understood, let's get it understood
E
We are the losers, we are the bruisers
B
Let's get it understood, let's get it understood
F#
We are the diners, the final diners
C#
Let's get it understood, let's get it understood
E
Most of us tinkers, some of us tailors,
B
And we've got candlesticks, and lots of cocktail sticks
F#
We saw the lovers, the modern lovers
C#
And they looked very good, they looked as if they could
E
We are the neighbours, the nosy neighbours
B
We think just like we would, we think just like we should.
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Oh, oh oh oh oh—oh—oh—oh, oh—oh—oh—oh—oh—oh—oh—oh, oh—oh oh—oh, oh—oh—oh—oh—oh—oh—oh—oh—oh