Heart Like a Wheel - chords, tab and comments


One of my simple favourits, from the debut album "Kate & Anna McGarrigle", 1976. Linda Ronstadt made it more famous than the McSisters. Originally a piano tune, like most McGarrigles', but slow and distinct 4/4 rythm makes it suitable for guitar, too.
Belongs to "chicken skin", not party music.
C                   G            
some say a heart is just like a wheel
          Em               Am
when you bend it you can't mend it
       Dm       Dm/C           G       G7
and my love for you is like a sinking ship
        Dm7               Fmaj7          G6     C
and my heart is like that ship out in mid ocean

         C    Cmaj7         Dm    G7
and it's only love and it's only love
         Dm7            Fmaj7              G6    C
that can wreck a human being and turn him inside out

         C    Cmaj7         Dm    G7
and it's only love and it's only love
         Cmaj7  Am           G6    C
and it's only love and it's only love
C major
C
C major swap
C
G major
G
E minor
Em
A minor
Am
D minor
Dm
D minor F bass
Dm/C(Dm7)
G 7th
G7
D minor 7th
Dm7
F major 7th
Fmaj7
G 6th
G6
C major 7th
Cmaj7
Anna McGarrigle