Capercaillie - Waiting For The Wheel To Turn
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[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
[Instrumental]
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]
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
[Outro]
Am D (10x}