Chords for XTC -The Wheel and the Maypole-
Tempo:
102.85 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
A
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [B] [E] [Bm] [C#]
[Bm] [C#m] [E] [A]
[F#] [B] I've got [E] the plow [Bm] if you've got [C#] the furrow.
[B] I've [E] got the rabbit if [A] you've his burrow.
[F#] [Bm] I've got [G#] the pen [E] [Bm] if you've got [C#] the paper.
[Bm] Time is but a [E] plan, I'll see [A] you when the wheel [F#] turn.
[A] You when the wheel [C] turn.
[C#] [A] If the pot won't [B] [A] hold [B] all the love,
[A]
[B] It [F#m] will dance it to the [B] ground.
[A]
[B] [A] If the pot won't hold [B] all the love,
[A] [B] It will [F#] grow broader and bigger for the [B] round [E] [B] goes the wheel.
[G#m] [F#]
[B] [E] [A] [B] [F#]
[B] I've got the [E] seed [F#] if you've [G#m] got the valley.
[B] I've [G#m] got the [E] big stick if [A] you've [B] got solid skin
I've got the [E] time [F#] if you've [G#m] got the motion
[F#] Time is but [E] clay and I'll see [A] you in the wheel [B] turn
[A] You in the [C] wheel turn
[C#] The [A] puck won't hold [B] our [A] [B] [A]
[B] love
[F#m] It won't pass it to the [B] ground
[A] The puck won't hold [B] our [A] [B] [A] love
[B] No [F#m] blue room beer [B] around
[E] [B] Go in the [G#m] wheel
[F#] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[C#m] [E]
Maypole, [B] [E]
maypole
[B] [E] [B] Maypole is spurned [A] and knocked me [B] off my axis
[E] Maypole, [B] [E]
maypole
[B] [E] [B] Maypole just [A] burned you and [B] you free me one day
Everything [E]
[C] decayed
[E] Everything [D] decayed
[C#m] Forests [C] rose down [E] to make the soil
Letters fall [G#m] apart
[E] [C#] Just [C] feed the stars [E] and starve their larder
And what [F#] made me think [B] we're [E] any better
[C#m] And what [F#] made me think [B] we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent [E] [F#] idea
Of course it [B] all un- [E] Eats
[B] Maypole, [E] maypole
[B] Maypole just spun me [C#m] around and knocked me [B] off my axis [E] Maypole, [B] [E] maypole
[B]
[E] [B] Maypole just tossed [A] apart you will [B] unwind
You free me one day
And [E] everything [D] decayed
[C#m] [C] Pyramids and [Em] palaces [E] to dust
Empires crumbling
[D#] [D] [C#] Wedding [C] cake begins [E] to rust and molder
And what [F#m] made me [B] think we're any [A] better
[G#m] And what [F#m] made me [C#] think we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent
[E] idea
[F#] Failing [B] to perse-
[E] [B] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[F#] [G#m] [E]
[F#] [C#m] [B] [E]
[B] Maypole
[C#m] [G#] [E]
[F#] [C#m] [F#] [E]
[F#] Maypole Maypole
Maypole just [G#m] burned you and you [F#] free [E] me one [F#] day Everything [G#m] [F#] [E] decayed
[F#] [G#m] [D#m] [E]
[A#] [F#] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [E]
[A#] [F#] [E]
[G#m] [B] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [F#] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [E]
[F#] [G#m] [E]
[B] [G#m] [E]
[F#] [B] [E]
[G#m]
[E]
[B]
[Bm] [C#m] [E] [A]
[F#] [B] I've got [E] the plow [Bm] if you've got [C#] the furrow.
[B] I've [E] got the rabbit if [A] you've his burrow.
[F#] [Bm] I've got [G#] the pen [E] [Bm] if you've got [C#] the paper.
[Bm] Time is but a [E] plan, I'll see [A] you when the wheel [F#] turn.
[A] You when the wheel [C] turn.
[C#] [A] If the pot won't [B] [A] hold [B] all the love,
[A]
[B] It [F#m] will dance it to the [B] ground.
[A]
[B] [A] If the pot won't hold [B] all the love,
[A] [B] It will [F#] grow broader and bigger for the [B] round [E] [B] goes the wheel.
[G#m] [F#]
[B] [E] [A] [B] [F#]
[B] I've got the [E] seed [F#] if you've [G#m] got the valley.
[B] I've [G#m] got the [E] big stick if [A] you've [B] got solid skin
I've got the [E] time [F#] if you've [G#m] got the motion
[F#] Time is but [E] clay and I'll see [A] you in the wheel [B] turn
[A] You in the [C] wheel turn
[C#] The [A] puck won't hold [B] our [A] [B] [A]
[B] love
[F#m] It won't pass it to the [B] ground
[A] The puck won't hold [B] our [A] [B] [A] love
[B] No [F#m] blue room beer [B] around
[E] [B] Go in the [G#m] wheel
[F#] [B]
[E] [A] [B]
[C#m] [E]
Maypole, [B] [E]
maypole
[B] [E] [B] Maypole is spurned [A] and knocked me [B] off my axis
[E] Maypole, [B] [E]
maypole
[B] [E] [B] Maypole just [A] burned you and [B] you free me one day
Everything [E]
[C] decayed
[E] Everything [D] decayed
[C#m] Forests [C] rose down [E] to make the soil
Letters fall [G#m] apart
[E] [C#] Just [C] feed the stars [E] and starve their larder
And what [F#] made me think [B] we're [E] any better
[C#m] And what [F#] made me think [B] we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent [E] [F#] idea
Of course it [B] all un- [E] Eats
[B] Maypole, [E] maypole
[B] Maypole just spun me [C#m] around and knocked me [B] off my axis [E] Maypole, [B] [E] maypole
[B]
[E] [B] Maypole just tossed [A] apart you will [B] unwind
You free me one day
And [E] everything [D] decayed
[C#m] [C] Pyramids and [Em] palaces [E] to dust
Empires crumbling
[D#] [D] [C#] Wedding [C] cake begins [E] to rust and molder
And what [F#m] made me [B] think we're any [A] better
[G#m] And what [F#m] made me [C#] think we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent
[E] idea
[F#] Failing [B] to perse-
[E] [B] [F#m]
[B] [E]
[F#] [G#m] [E]
[F#] [C#m] [B] [E]
[B] Maypole
[C#m] [G#] [E]
[F#] [C#m] [F#] [E]
[F#] Maypole Maypole
Maypole just [G#m] burned you and you [F#] free [E] me one [F#] day Everything [G#m] [F#] [E] decayed
[F#] [G#m] [D#m] [E]
[A#] [F#] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [E]
[A#] [F#] [E]
[G#m] [B] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [F#] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [E]
[F#] [G#m] [E]
[B] [G#m] [E]
[F#] [B] [E]
[G#m]
[E]
[B]
Key:
B
E
F#
A
G#m
B
E
F#
[F#] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[F#] _ [B] I've got [E] the plow [Bm] if you've got [C#] the furrow.
[B] I've [E] got the rabbit if [A] you've his burrow.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] I've got [G#] the pen [E] [Bm] if you've got [C#] the paper.
[Bm] Time is but a [E] plan, I'll see [A] you when the wheel [F#] turn.
[A] You when the wheel [C] turn.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] If the pot won't _ [B] _ [A] _ hold [B] all the love,
[A] _
_ [B] It [F#m] will dance it to the [B] ground.
[A] _
_ _ [B] [A] If the pot won't hold [B] all the love,
[A] _ _ [B] It will [F#] grow broader and bigger for the [B] round [E] [B] goes the wheel.
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _
[B] I've got the [E] seed [F#] if you've [G#m] got the valley.
[B] I've [G#m] got the [E] big stick if [A] you've [B] got solid skin
_ I've got the [E] time [F#] if you've [G#m] got the motion
[F#] Time is but [E] clay and I'll see [A] you in the wheel [B] turn
[A] You in the [C] wheel turn _
[C#] _ The _ [A] puck won't hold [B] our _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] love
[F#m] It won't pass it to the [B] ground
[A] The puck won't hold [B] our _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] love _
[B] No [F#m] blue room beer [B] around _ _
[E] [B] Go in the [G#m] wheel
[F#] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Maypole, _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
maypole
[B] _ [E] _ [B] Maypole is spurned [A] and knocked me [B] off my axis
[E] _ Maypole, [B] _ [E] _
maypole
[B] _ [E] _ [B] Maypole just [A] burned you and [B] you free me one day
Everything [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] decayed
[E] _ _ _ _ Everything _ _ _ [D] decayed
_ [C#m] Forests [C] rose down [E] to make the soil
Letters fall [G#m] apart
_ [E] _ _ [C#] Just [C] feed the stars [E] and starve their larder
And what [F#] made me think [B] we're [E] any better
[C#m] And what [F#] made me think [B] we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent _ [E] _ [F#] idea
Of course it [B] all un- _ _ _ _ _ [E] Eats
[B] Maypole, _ [E] _ maypole _
_ [B] Maypole just spun me [C#m] around and knocked me [B] off my axis [E] Maypole, [B] _ _ [E] _ maypole
[B] _
[E] _ [B] Maypole just tossed [A] apart you will [B] unwind
You free me one day
And [E] everything _ _ [D] decayed
_ [C#m] _ [C] Pyramids and [Em] palaces [E] to dust
_ Empires crumbling
_ [D#] _ [D] _ [C#] Wedding [C] cake begins [E] to rust and molder
And what [F#m] made me [B] think we're any [A] better
[G#m] And what [F#m] made me [C#] think we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent _
[E] idea
[F#] _ _ Failing [B] to perse-
_ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] Maypole
[C#m] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
[F#] Maypole Maypole
Maypole just [G#m] burned you and you [F#] free [E] me one [F#] day Everything [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ [E] decayed _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C#m] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[F#] _ [B] I've got [E] the plow [Bm] if you've got [C#] the furrow.
[B] I've [E] got the rabbit if [A] you've his burrow.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] I've got [G#] the pen [E] [Bm] if you've got [C#] the paper.
[Bm] Time is but a [E] plan, I'll see [A] you when the wheel [F#] turn.
[A] You when the wheel [C] turn.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] If the pot won't _ [B] _ [A] _ hold [B] all the love,
[A] _
_ [B] It [F#m] will dance it to the [B] ground.
[A] _
_ _ [B] [A] If the pot won't hold [B] all the love,
[A] _ _ [B] It will [F#] grow broader and bigger for the [B] round [E] [B] goes the wheel.
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _
[B] I've got the [E] seed [F#] if you've [G#m] got the valley.
[B] I've [G#m] got the [E] big stick if [A] you've [B] got solid skin
_ I've got the [E] time [F#] if you've [G#m] got the motion
[F#] Time is but [E] clay and I'll see [A] you in the wheel [B] turn
[A] You in the [C] wheel turn _
[C#] _ The _ [A] puck won't hold [B] our _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] love
[F#m] It won't pass it to the [B] ground
[A] The puck won't hold [B] our _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] love _
[B] No [F#m] blue room beer [B] around _ _
[E] [B] Go in the [G#m] wheel
[F#] _ [B] _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Maypole, _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
maypole
[B] _ [E] _ [B] Maypole is spurned [A] and knocked me [B] off my axis
[E] _ Maypole, [B] _ [E] _
maypole
[B] _ [E] _ [B] Maypole just [A] burned you and [B] you free me one day
Everything [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] decayed
[E] _ _ _ _ Everything _ _ _ [D] decayed
_ [C#m] Forests [C] rose down [E] to make the soil
Letters fall [G#m] apart
_ [E] _ _ [C#] Just [C] feed the stars [E] and starve their larder
And what [F#] made me think [B] we're [E] any better
[C#m] And what [F#] made me think [B] we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent _ [E] _ [F#] idea
Of course it [B] all un- _ _ _ _ _ [E] Eats
[B] Maypole, _ [E] _ maypole _
_ [B] Maypole just spun me [C#m] around and knocked me [B] off my axis [E] Maypole, [B] _ _ [E] _ maypole
[B] _
[E] _ [B] Maypole just tossed [A] apart you will [B] unwind
You free me one day
And [E] everything _ _ [D] decayed
_ [C#m] _ [C] Pyramids and [Em] palaces [E] to dust
_ Empires crumbling
_ [D#] _ [D] _ [C#] Wedding [C] cake begins [E] to rust and molder
And what [F#m] made me [B] think we're any [A] better
[G#m] And what [F#m] made me [C#] think we'd last [E] forever
Was our [A] insolent _
[E] idea
[F#] _ _ Failing [B] to perse-
_ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] Maypole
[C#m] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
[F#] Maypole Maypole
Maypole just [G#m] burned you and you [F#] free [E] me one [F#] day Everything [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ [E] decayed _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [E] _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [C#m] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _