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[Verse 1]
          G                                               D
There's a man out here puts his head in the mouth of a crocodile,
          G                                                   D
Puts the whole thing in, takes it out, and gives the crowd a great big smile,
          Em7                                       D
And they walk away with their illusions of safety safely intact,
          Em7                                             D
And they tell their little wide eyed kids, "It's only an act!"

[Verse 2]
          G                                                D
There's a man out here throws knives at a wheel, with a blindfold on,
          G                                                    D
And the wheel spins round, and the knives bear down till they find their home,
          Em7                                               D
And I can feel the rush, and the whoosh, of every blade of steel,
Em7                                      D
    'Cause I am the woman on the wheel-----!

[Verse 3]
         G                                              D
Some - times I get lonely, sometimes I get scared, but most times bored,
         G                                                      D
Some - times I ask God, "Please, God, just show me what's be - hind that door!",
      Em7                                            D
As if God was Monty Hall and this was 'Let's make a deal',
Em7                                    D
     And I am the woman on the wheel-------!

[Break]
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Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo,oo - oo, hoo!
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Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo,oo - oo, hoo!

[Verse 4]
        G                                              D
Had a sweet little baby in Coeur D'Alene, he was an acrobat,
        G                                              D
Took me out on the wire, man, I never knew love could feel like that,
            Em7                                                   D
But, in the end, he was a man who couldn't keep his feet on the ground too long,
       Em7                                       D
In the end it's just another highwire act gone wrong!

[Verse 5]
         G                                                        D
So it's on with the show, and it's send in the clowns, and the trapeze act,
         G                                                 D
And it's more of the same, and it's less of a game than a cold... hard... fact,
Em7                                              D
Most times, it's better not to ask myself how I feel,
     Em7                                      D
Oh,      ...I'm just the woman on the wheel------!

[Break]
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Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo, oo - oo, hoo,
          G                           Bm       A
Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo, oo - oo, hoo!

[Instrumental Verse]
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[Verse 6]
       G                                                         D
Now I know what you're thinking, as the knives fly by, and they find their mark,
                  G                                                    D
You're thinking, one false move, and it's a real bad day at the a - musement park,
              Em7                                         D
You wouldn't wanna be me, but you need me just the same------,
        Em7                                               D
To re - mind you what you stand to lose, and what you stand to gain!

[Verse 7]
      G                                             D
They say I've got a death wish, yeah, but I don't think that's true,
    G                                         D
As far as I can see, it's less about me, and more about you,
            Em7                                                D
You see, it ain't your fears, so much as what your fears re - veal,
Em7                                    D     D4 D  Dsus2  D
      I'm just the woman on the wheel-----!

[Coda]
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Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo, oo - oo, hoo,
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Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo, oo - oo, hoo,
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Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo, oo - oo, hoo,
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Woo--oo, hoo------- oo - oo, oo - oo, hoo!

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