[Intro Riff]
e|-----------2---------4-----0---------------2---------4-------|
B|-----------2---------4-----0---------------2---------4-------|
G|-------4-------------------------------4---------------------|
D|---4-----------4/6-----------------4-----------4/6-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[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
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/xtc/the_wheel_and_the_maypole_chords_2478940