Key: C
Introduction:
Dm F C
Getting crazy on the waltzers, but it's the life that I choose
Gm Dm
Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tatoo
(0:54)
Dm F
And I've been riding on a ghost train
C
where the cars they scream and slam
Gm Dm
And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am
(1:08)
Dm F
In a screaming ring of faces
C
I seen her standing in the light
(1:15)
Gm Dm
She had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victim of the night
Dm F
I put my hand upon the lever
C
said let it rock and let it roll
(1:29)
Gm
I had the one arm bandit fever
Dm
there was an arrow through my heart and my soul
Bb C
And the big wheel keep on turning
F Bb
neon burning , up above
(1:44)
F
And I am high on the world
C Dm Bb
come on and take a low ride with me girl.
Dm C Dm Bb
On the tunnel of love.
Dm F C
It's just the danger when you're riding at your own risk
Gm Dm
She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this
(2:12)
Dm F
It's just a cakewalk
C
twisting baby step right up and say
Gm Dm
Hey mister give me two give me two cos any two can play
(2:25)
Bb C
And the big wheel keep on turning
F Bb
neon burning , up above
F
And I am high on the world
C Dm Bb
come on take a low ride with me girl.
Dm C Dm Bb
On the tunnel of love.
(2:47)
Gm Bb
Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig
Gm Bb
Money for muscle another girl I dig
Gm Bb
Another hustle just to make it big
C
and rock away rock away rock away
(3:05)
F C Dm
And girl, it looks so pretty to me , just like it always did
Bb C F Bb C
Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids.
F C Dm Bb
Oh girl it looks so pretty to me , like it always did
C F Bb C
Like the Spanish city to me , when we were kids.
(3:32)
F C Dm Bb C F Bb C
(4:00)
Dm F C
She took off a silver locket she said remenber me by this
Gm
She put her hand in my pocket
Dm
I got a keepsake and a kiss
(4:20)
Dm F
And in the roar of dust and diesel
C
I stood and watched her walk away
Gm Dm
I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay
Bb C F Bb
And the big wheel keep on turning , neon burning , up above
(4:41)
F
And I am high on this world
C Dm Bb
come on take a low ride with me girl.
(4:47)
Dm C Dm Bb
On the tunnel of love.
Dm C Dm Bb
On the tunnel of love.
Gm Bb
And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Gm Bb
Searching everywhere from steeplechase and palisades
(5:09)
Gm Bb
In any shooting gallery where promises are made
C
To rock away rock away rock away rock away
C
from cullercoats and whitley bay out to rockaway
(ARPIGGIATED CHORDS)
F C Dm Bb C
And girl it looks so pretty to me , like it always did
F Bb C F
Like the Spanish city to me , when we were kids.
C Dm Bb C
And girl it looks so pretty to me , like it always did
F Bb C
Like the Spanish city to me , when we were kids.
FINAL SOLO