The Grinding Wheel

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[Verse 1]
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A bed of nails, cold dark deep refrigeration
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I hear it calling me
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A broken rail as he drools over the congregation
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I hear it calling me
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Now I won't tell you how to live your life
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I never saw the point in thinking twice
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I turn the wheel by day, by night
E
Raise your flag
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Here's to the liberation

[Pre-Chorus]
F#                       A
Day by day I move in time
F#                              D
Turn the wheel, pay for my crimes

[Chorus]
    Em                    B
The miller's horse is wearing down
Bm A                  B
He bangs his heart on Halloween ground
    Em             B
The Miller hears a single sound
    A                     B                    D#  D#m F E
The sound of the grinding wheel goes round and round

[Verse 2]
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The ship has sailed to dark sea destinations
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I feel it holding me
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The gods are hailed for their absentee observations
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I feel it holding me
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Now I can't tell you where integrity hides
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It showed it's face, you struck it down and it died
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I turn my wheel with a seamless pride
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Raise your flag
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Here's to the revolution

[Pre-Chorus]
F#                       A
Day by day I move in time
F#                              D
Turn the wheel, pay for my crimes

[Verse 3]
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The pain is all you ever feel
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A concrete will, and a back of steel
                        F#
I give my soul unto the wheel

[Pre-Chorus]
F#                       A
Day by day I move in time
F#                              A G F#
Turn the wheel, pay for my crimes

[Chorus]
    Em                    B
The miller's horse is wearing down
Bm A                  B
He bangs his heart on Halloween ground
    Em             B
The Miller hears a single sound
    A                     B
The sound of the grinding wheel
    Em                    B
The miller's horse is wearing down
Bm A                  B         G
He bangs his heart on Halloween ground
    Em             B
The Miller hears a single sound
    A                     B                    D#  F  E
The sound of the grinding wheel goes round and round

[Instrumental]
F# E G F# G F# G F# G

[Bridge]
               Bm
Eye off of the needle, in the heart of the sun
                                  B   F#m  F#
Stuck in the middle, Whit the blazing one
B                                  Bm
This weathered hand, has a grip of steel
                        B
These eyes have seen it all;
                                      F#m D F#m E
catch your spirit on the grinding wheel
                     A
Say you prayers, say what you feel
G
Count your blessings, make a deal
E                         D
What you borrow, what you steal
G            D            E
Crush it all, on the grinding wheel

[Instrumental]
A G F# E
A G F# E
F# E Em E
F# Em E Em
Em E A E Em
Am Em E F#m
G B Bm A G E

[Tag]
    F#m      G
The grinding wheel keep's turning,
Bm          A          G    E
'Round and 'round and 'round
    F#m      G            Bm     A
The grinding wheel keep's turning,
Bm         A           G
'Round and 'round and 'round
    E
The grinding wheel
    F#m      G            Bm    A
The grinding wheel keep's turning,
 B     Bm   A          G
'Round and 'round and 'round
    E
The grinding wheel
    F#m      G            Bm  A
The grinding wheel keep's turning,
 B          A          G
'Round and 'round and 'round
    E
The grinding wheel
    F#m      G            Bm  A
The grinding wheel keep's turning,
 B          A          G
'Round and 'round and 'round
    E
The grinding wheel
    Em   F#m A G C            A
The grinding wheel keep's turning,
B           A          G
'Round and 'round and 'round
    E
The grinding wheel

[Outro-Cello]
Em F#m A C Bm
A E Em C G Bm E