The Wheel Chords
by PJ Harvey
The Wheel by PJ Harvey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords E, Am, D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
E Am D C x2
verse 1
E C G C G
A revolving wheel of metal chairs
E C G C G
Hung on chains, squealing
E C G C G
Four little children flying out
E C G C G
A blind man sings in Arabic
D Am
Hey little children don’t disappear
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
D Am
Lost upon a revolving wheel
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
verse 2
E C G C G
Now you see them, now you don’t
E C G C G
Children vanish ‘hind vehicle
E C G C G
Now you see them, now you don’t
E C G C G
Faces, limbs, a bouncing skull
D Am
Hey little children don’t disappear
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
D Am
All that’s left after a year
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
D Am
A faded face, the trace of an ear
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
verse 3
E C G C G
A tableau of the missing
E C G C G
Tied to the government building
E C G C G
8,000 sun-bleached photographs
E C G C G
Faded with the roses
D Am
Hey little children don’t disappear
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
D Am
Lost upon a revolving wheel
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
D Am
All that’s left after a year
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
D Am
A faded face, the trace of an ear
C G
(I heard it was 28,000)
Outro
E Am D C
E
And watch them fade out
Am D
And watch them fade out
C
And watch them fade out
E
And watch them fade out...