Sunwheel Dance
View chords used in this chart
performed in "Sunwheel Dance"
open E tuning: EBEG#BE
tabbed from score on album cover
I just added the bass line and the ending.
This piece is not difficult, excluding a couple of bars with a
barre' on the 5th fret and a lot of legatos: it is better to play
it in open D with a capo on the 2nd fret.
It is nice to play it before Kottke's "Cripple Creek".
E ||---------------|---------------|
B ||---------------|---------------|
G#||---------------|---------------|
E ||-----0-------0-|-----0-------0-|
B ||---------------|---------------|
E ||-0-------0-----|-0-------0-----|
| | | | | | | |
|-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-----0---2p0-----|-0-----0---------|
|-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
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|-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-4p3h4-0-2p0-----|-0---------------|
|-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-------------2p0-|---2p0-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0---0---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
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||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----0-------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
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|-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
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|-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-0---0-----------|-----------------|
|-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|---4---4-2p0-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------1p0-|-----------------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-2p0-4p2-0---0---|
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||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----0-------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------------0---||
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||-----------------|---------1p0-----|---------1p0-----|-----------------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------2p0-|-----0-------2p0-|---------0---0---||
||---4---0---4---0-|---4---0---------|---4---0---------|-2p0-5p4---------||
||-7-------0-------|-0---------------|-7---------------|-----------------||
|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |
||-0---0h2-4---4---|-7---7---9-------|-5h7--p5---------|---------0-------||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----9---7h9-5h7-|-----7-----------||
||---0-------0-----|---0-------------|-----------------|-6h8-------------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------0-------||
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||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----0-------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||
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|-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-----0---2p0-----|-0-----0---------|
|-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
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|-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-4p3-4p0-2p0-----|-0---------------|
|-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-------------2p0-|---2p0-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0---0---0---|
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||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----0-------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||
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|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----------------|
|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----------------|
|-5-----------5---|-3-----------3---|-1-----------1---|-1p0-----0-------|
|-------5---------|-------4---------|-------2---------|-----2p0-----0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----------------|--------12.------||
|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----------------|--------12.------||
|-5-----------5---|-3-----------3---|-1p0-------------|--------12.------||
|-------5---------|-------4---------|-----2p0---------|-0---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2p0-5p4-|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
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Alessandro Miotto - miotto@dxcern.cern.ch
How to play Sunwheel Dance
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.