XTC – The Wheel And The Maypole (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro Riff]
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[Verse 1]
B E B E I've got the plow if you've got the furrow B E A B I've got the rabbit if you've his burrow home B E B E I've got the pen if you've got the paper B E A B Time is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn A Cmaj7 Asus2 You and the wheel turn
[Chorus]
Asus2 B And if the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love F#m B Then we'll dash it to the ground Asus2 B And if the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love F#m B We'll build one bigger all around E B E Goes the wheel (repeat intro riff)
[Verse 2]
B E B E I've got the seed if you've got the valley B E A B I've got the big stick if you've Aunt Sally's head B E B E I've got the time if you've got the motion B E A B Time is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn A Cmaj7 Asus2 You and the wheel turn
[Chorus]
Asus2 B And if the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love F#m B Then we'll dash it to the ground Asus2 B And if the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love Asus2 B If the pot won't hold our love F#m B We'll build one bigger all around E B E Goes the wheel (repeat intro riff) Esus4 F#sus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 each strummed 4 times except (Bs us 4) which is once
[Chorus 2]
E B Maypole E B Maypole E G#m7 F#m7 B Maypole you've spun me round and knocked me off my axis mundi E B Maypole E B Maypole E G#m7 F#m7 B Bsus4 Maypole the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day E D# D C# Cmaj7 Asus2 E And everything decays E D# D Yes, everything decays
[Bridge 1]
C# Cmaj7 Asus2 E Forest tumbles down to make the soil E D# D Planets fall apart C# Cmaj7 Asus2 E Just to feed the stars and stuff their larders F#m B E And what made me think we're any better F#m B E And what made me think we'd last forever A E F# Was I so naive? F#7 Bsus4 B Of course it all unweaves
[Chorus 2]
E B Maypole E B Maypole E G#m7 F#m7 B Maypole you've spun me round and knocked me off my axis mundi E B Maypole E B Maypole E G#m7 F#m7 B Bsus4 Maypole the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day E D# D and everything decays
[Bridge 2]
C# Cmaj7 Asus2 E Pyramids and palaces to dust E D# D Empires crumbling C# Cmaj7 Asus2 E Wedding cake begins to must and molder F#m B E And what made me think we're any better F#m B E And what made me think we'd last forever A E F# Was I so naive? F#7 Bsus4 Esus4 Failing to perceive
[Outro]
Esus4 F#sus4 G#sus4 Esus4 Maypole (round goes the wheel) Esus4 F#sus4 G#sus4 Esus4 Maypole (round goes the wheel) E B E B E B Maypole (the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day) E B E B E B Maypole (if the pot won't hold our love)
Repeat to end