The Wheel and the Maypole chords by XTC
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (A major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (D minor)
Verse 1
(G major) I've got the
plow (C major) if (G major) you've got the furrow
I've got the rabbit (C major) if (F major) you've
his burrow home (G major) (D major)
(G major) I've got the pen (C major) if (G major) you've
got the paper (A major)
(G major) Time is but clay (C major) I'll see (F major) you
and the wheel turn (G major) (D minor)
(F major) You and the wheel turn (A flat major)
(Asus4) (A major)
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Verse 2
And if the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
If the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
If the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
Then we'll (D minor) dash it to the ground (G major)
And if the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
If the (F major) pot won't hold (G major) our love
If the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
We'll build one (D minor) big ger all around (G major)
(C major) Goes (Dsus4) the wheel (G major) (E minor)
(G major) (C major) (F major) (G major)
Verse 3
(G major) I've got the seed (C major) if
(Dsus4) you've (G major) got the (E minor) valley
(G major) I've got the big stick (C major) if (F major) you've
Aunt Sally's head (G major)
I've got the time (C major) if (Dsus4) you've
(G major) got the (E minor) mo tion
(G major) Time is but clay I'll (C major) see (F major) you
and the wheel turn (G major)
(F major) You and the wheel turn (A flat major)
(G major) (Asus4) (A major)
Verse 4
And if the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
If the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
If the (F major) pot won't hold our (G major) love
Then we'll (D minor) dash it to the ground (G major)
And if the pot won't hold our love
If the (D minor) pot won't (G major) hold our love
If the pot won't hold our love
We'll build one (D minor) bigger all around (G major)
(C major) Goes (Dsus4) the wheel (G major) (E minor) (G major)
(Csus4) (D minor) (C major) (F major) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 5
(C major) Maypole (G major)
Maypo (C major) (G major) le
Maypo (C major) le, (G major) you've spun me 'round and
knocked (A minor) (F major) me off my (G major) axis mundi
Maypole (C major) (G major)
Maypole (C major) (G major)
(C major) Maypole, (G major) the ties that bind you (A minor) will
(F major) unwind to free (G major) me one day
And everything decays (C major)
(G major)
Interlude 1
(F major) (A minor)
(A flat major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 6
Yes, (C major) everything (G major) de (C major) cays
(G major) (B flat major) Forest (A minor) (A major) tumbles (A flat major) down
to (G major) make the soil (C major)
(E minor) Plan (G major) ets fall apart (C major) (G major) (B flat major)
Just (A major) to feed the stars (A flat major) and
stuff (G major) their lar (C major) ders
Verse 7
(C major) And what (G major) made me think (D major) (D minor)
(D major) we're (D minor) any (G major) bet (C major) ter (G major)
(A minor) And (F major) what made (G major) me think (D major)
we'd last (G major) forever (C major) (G major)
Was I (C major) so (F major) (E minor) (D major)
naïve?
Of course (G major) it all (C major) unweaves (G major)
Verse 8
Maypole (C major)
(G major) May (C major) pole
Maypole, you've spun (G major) me 'round (F major) and
knocked me off my (G major) axis mundi
Maypole (C major) (G major)
Maypole (C major)
(G major) Maypole, (C major) the ties (G major) that bind you
(F major) will unwind to free (G major) me one day
And everything de (C major) cays (G major)
(B flat major)
Verse 9
(A minor) Pyramids and palaces (A flat major) (G major) to dust (C major)
Empires (G major) crum (C major) bling (G major)
(B flat major) (A major) Wedding cake be (G major) gin (A flat major) s
to must (G major) and molder (C major)
Verse 10
(C major) And what made (G major) (C major) me think (D minor)
(G major) we're any bet (F major) (C major) ter
(F major) And (G major) what made me think (D minor) (G major)
we'd last forever (C major) (G major)
Was (F major) I so (G major) (F major) (E minor) (C major) (D major)
naïve?
Interlude 2
Failing to perceive
(D major) (G major)
Verse 11
(C major) Maypole (Dsus4) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) ('round goes
the (Dsus4) (D major) (E minor) (C major) wheel)
Maypole (Dsus4) (D major) (E minor) (C major) ('round goes
(D major) (E minor) (C major) the wheel)
Maypole (G major) (the ties that bind you will un (E minor) wind
to free (G major) me (C major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (B minor) (C major) one day)
Maypole (G major) (the ties that bind you (G major) will (E minor) unwind
to free (G major) me (C major) (D major) (G major) one day)
Maypole (A minor) (G major) (C major) (the ties that bind you (E minor) will
unwind to free me (C major) one (E minor) day)
(C major) Maypole (the ties that bind you will
unwind to (G major) free me one day)
Maypole (G major) (C major) (the ties that bind you will
unwind to (G major) free (C major) (E minor) (C major) me one day)
Maypole (the ties that (G major) bind you will un
(E minor) wind to free me (C major) (E minor) (C major) one day)
Outro 1
(G major)
The Wheel and the Maypole
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