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[  F   D#   C#-  C] x4
I got a tattoo of a melody
I got the lyrics done in custody
I did some wrong
But now that's gone
Inside my mental penitentiary

IBb'm just looking for a Cdeal
           G          F  D  
And a way to make you mine
TBbhink you better take tChe wheel, when you drive me

[  F   D#   C#-  C] x4
I'm no marksman but I shoot a lot
There's not a battle that I haven't fought
I don't know what you took me for
But I'm never going back
Don't let your preconception throw you off

BbI'm looking for a Cplan
              G        F  C  
And a place to park my van

[  D#   Bb   F- ] x3
Turn up the radio radio
Looking for a feel
Put the pedal to the metal
TG#ake my crooked wheel

[  F   D#   C#-  C] x4
I lived a lifetime in a cheap motel
Underneath a portrait of a hookah shell
I carved my name
On the window pane
And sent my conscience right on back to hell

BbI'm looking for a Cline
            G         F  C  
And a way to call you mine
[  D#   Bb   F- ] x3
Turn up the radio radio
Looking for a feel
Put the pedal to the metal
TG#ake my crooked wheel

[  F   D#   C#-  C] x4
I leave the light on and I nurse a beer
Watch the lightning and I disappear)
There's a nagging pain
And it feels like rain
Just keep pretending that you want me here

Do you?

BbI'm looking for a Cline
              G        F  C  
And a way to call you mine

[  D#   Bb   F- ] x4
Turn up the radio radio
Looking for a feel
Put the pedal to the metal
Take my crooked wheel
[  D#   Bb   F- ] x7
Take my
Take my
Take my wheel
You'd better take my
Take my wheel

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Crooked Wheel

by Louden Swain

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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F D# C# C

[ - ] x4

I got a tattoo of a melody

I got the lyrics done in custody

I did some wrong

But now that's gone

Inside my mental penitentiary



Bb C

I'm just looking for a deal

G F D



And a way to make you mine

Bb C

Think you better take the wheel, when you drive me



F D# C# C

[ - ] x4

I'm no marksman but I shoot a lot

There's not a battle that I haven't fought

I don't know what you took me for

But I'm never going back

Don't let your preconception throw you off



Bb C

I'm looking for a plan

G F C



And a place to park my van



D# Bb F

[ - ] x3

Turn up the radio radio

Looking for a feel

Put the pedal to the metal

Take my crooked wheel



F D# C# C

[ - ] x4

I lived a lifetime in a cheap motel

Underneath a portrait of a hookah shell

I carved my name

On the window pane

And sent my conscience right on back to hell



Bb C

I'm looking for a line

G F C



And a way to call you mine

D# Bb F

[ - ] x3

Turn up the radio radio

Looking for a feel

Put the pedal to the metal

Take my crooked wheel



F D# C# C

[ - ] x4

I leave the light on and I nurse a beer

Watch the lightning and I disappear)

There's a nagging pain

And it feels like rain

Just keep pretending that you want me here



Do you?



Bb C

I'm looking for a line

G F C



And a way to call you mine



D# Bb F

[ - ] x4

Turn up the radio radio

Looking for a feel

Put the pedal to the metal

Take my crooked wheel

D# Bb F

[ - ] x7

Take my

Take my wheel

You'd better take my

Take my wheel

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