{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2478940,"song":"The Wheel And The Maypole","artist":"XTC","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11505551-the-wheel-and-the-maypole-chords-by-xtc/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2478940?type=chord","rating":0.18499,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------2---------4-----0---------------2---------4-------|\r\nB|-----------2---------4-----0---------------2---------4-------|\r\nG|-------4-------------------------------4---------------------|\r\nD|---4-----------4/6-----------------4-----------4/6-----------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've got the plow if you've got the furrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI've got the rabbit if you've his burrow home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've got the pen if you've got the paper[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTime is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nYou and the wheel turn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Asus2[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThen we'll dash it to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Asus2[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Asus2[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Asus2[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe'll build one bigger all around[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGoes the wheel    (repeat intro riff)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've got the seed if you've got the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI've got the big stick if you've Aunt Sally's head[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've got the time if you've got the motion[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTime is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nYou and the wheel turn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Asus2[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThen we'll dash it to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Asus2[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Asus2[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Asus2[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf the pot won't hold our love[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe'll build one bigger all around[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGoes the wheel    (repeat intro riff)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]F#sus4[/ch]  [ch]G#sus4[/ch]  [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\neach strummed  4 times except (Bs us 4) which is once[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]G#m7[/ch]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole you've spun me round and knocked me off my axis mundi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]G#m7[/ch]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nMaypole the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]D#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C#[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd everything decays[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]D#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, everything decays[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nForest tumbles down to make the soil[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]D#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlanets fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust to feed the stars and stuff their larders[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd what made me think we're any better[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd what made me think we'd last forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWas I so naive?[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#7[/ch]      [ch]Bsus4[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOf course it all unweaves[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]G#m7[/ch]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole you've spun me round and knocked me off my axis mundi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]G#m7[/ch]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nMaypole the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]D#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand everything decays[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPyramids and palaces to dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D#[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEmpires crumbling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]           [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWedding cake begins to must and molder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd what made me think we're any better[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd what made me think we'd last forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWas I so naive?[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#7[/ch]      [ch]Bsus4[/ch]    [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nFailing to perceive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]G#sus4[/ch]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nMaypole (round goes the wheel)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]F#sus4[/ch]  [ch]G#sus4[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nMaypole (round goes the wheel)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole (the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaypole (if the pot won't hold our love)[/tab]\r\nRepeat to end","plain_text":"[Intro Riff]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\nRepeat to end","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Cmaj7","Asus2","F#m","Esus4","F#sus4","G#sus4","Bsus4","G#m7","F#m7","D#","C#","F#","F#7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}