Waiting For The Wheel To Turn Chords - Capercaillie

Intro

Am D (4x}

Verse 1

Am D Living in a place with time Am D G Living in a place where reality is Am D Standing on a big broad line Am D G Watching it all go by, ah F G C But you're taking it all away F G Dm7 The music, the tongue and the old refrains F G C You're coming here to play F G Am Em But you're pulling the roots from a dying age

Interlude

Am D (4x}

Verse 2

Am D Remember the Buachaille Mor Am D G Reaching for the skies from the barren shores Am D Watching over villages burned Am D G And counting the days since the gael kept home F G C Well, the stranger claims it now F G Dm7 Sitting like a king, with his gold from the south F G C Don't you see the waves of wealth F G Am Em Am Washing away the soul from the land?

Chorus

F Am Here come the Clearances, my friend Dm G Am Silently our history is coming to life again F G F We feel the breeze from the storm to come G F And up and down this coast Dm7 Em F We're waiting for the wheel to turn

Instr

Am D (4x} F C Dm7 C

Verse 3

Am D Free were the fields of fern Am D G Free was the fishing in the coves of care Am D Empty are the homes of old Am D G Empty for the sake of summer's cause F G C Yes, you're taking it all away F G Dm7 The music and the tongue and the old refrains F G C You're coming here to play F G Am Em Am But you're pulling the roots from a dying age

Chorus

F Am Here come the Clearances, my friend Dm G Am Silently our history is coming to life again F G F G F We feel the breeze from the storm to come G F And up and down this coast Dm7 Em F Am We're waiting for the wheel to turn

Chorus