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This Wheel's On Fire

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
A×
E
F
Dm××
C×
G
G7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              This song is from Dylan's 1975 album 'The Basement Tapes'. It's a pretty good song. I  
you should listen to it. 
 
  Am 
If your me mory serves you well 
A 
We were goin' to meet again and wait 
  E 
So I'm go in to unpack all my things 
  F Dm Am 
And  sit before it  gets to o late 
  C Am 
No  man alive will c ome to you 
  C Am 
With a nother tale to t ell 
  C Am 
But you kn ow that we shall m eet again 
  F Dm Am 
If your me mory se rves you w ell 
 
Chorus: 
  Dm F C G G7 
  This wheel's on f ire, rol ling down the r oad 
  C G F C 
Best n otif y my ne xt of k in 
  F G A 
T his wheel s hall exp lode! 
 
Am 
If your memory serves you well 
B07 
I was goin' to confiscate your lace 
             E 
And wrap it up in a sailor's knot 
F           Dm       Am 
And hide it in your case 
 
     C                          Am 
If I knew for sure that it was yours 
      C                  Am 
But it was oh so hard to tell 
              C                  Am 
But you knew that we would meet again 
    F          Dm         Am 
If your memory serves you well ...Chorus 
 
         Am 
If your memory serves you well 
 A 
You'll remember you're the one 
    E 
That called on me to call on them 
   F       Dm           Am 
To get you your favors done 
 
     C                    Am 
And after every plan had failed 
     C                        Am 
And there was nothing more to tell 
      C                   Am 
You knew that we would meet again 
     F          Dm        Am 
If your memory served you well ...Chorus 
 
 
Enjoy! 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · A · E · F · Dm · C · G · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.