The Wheel and the Maypole Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][A][G][C][F][Dm]

[Verse 1]
[G]I've got the
plow [C]if [G]you've got the furrow
I've got the rab[C]bit if [F]you've
his burrow [G]home[D]
[G]I've got the pen [C]if [G]you've
got the [A]paper
[G]Time is but clay [C]I'll see [F]you
and the wheel [G]turn[Dm]
[F]You and the wheel [Ab]turn
[Asus4][A]

[Verse 2]
And if the [F]pot won't hold our [G]love
If the [F]pot won't hold [G]our love
If the [F]pot won't hold our [G]love
Then we'll [Dm]dash it to [G]the ground
And if the [F]pot won't hold our [G]love
If the [F]pot won't hold [G]our love
If the [F]pot won't hold our [G]love
We'll build one [Dm]big ger all [G]around
[C]Goes [Dsus4]the wheel[G][Em]
[G][C][F][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]I've got the seed [C]if
[Dsus4]you've go[G]t the va[Em]lley
[G]I've got the big [C]stick if [F]you've
Aunt Sally's [G]head
I've got the time [C]if [Dsus4]you've
[G]got the [Em]mo tion
[G]Time is but clay I'll [C]see [F]you
and the wheel [G]turn
[F]You and the wheel [Ab]turn
[G][Asus4][A]

[Verse 4]
And if the [F]pot won't hold our [G]love
If the [F]pot won't hold our [G]love
If the [F]pot won't hold our [G]love
Then we'll [Dm]dash it to [G]the ground
And if the pot won't hold our love
If the [Dm]pot won't h[G]old our love
If the pot won't hold our love
We'll build one [Dm]bigger all [G]around
[C]Goes [Dsus4]the wheel[G][Em][G]
[Csus4][Dm][C][F][C]
[G]

[Verse 5]
[C]Maypole[G]
[C]Maypo[G] le
[C]Maypo[G]le, you've spun me 'round and
[Am]knocked [F]me off my [G]axis mundi
[C]Maypole[G]
[C]Maypole[G]
[C]Maypole, [G]the ties that bind you [Am]will
[F]unwind to fre[G]e me one day
And everything de[C]cays
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[F][Am]
[Ab][G][C]

[Verse 6]
Yes, [C]everything [G]de [C]cays
[G]For[Bb]est t[Am]umbles[A] down[Ab]
to [G]make the [C]soil
[Em]Plan[G]ets fall a[C]part[G][Bb]
[A]Just to feed the [Ab]stars and
[G]stuff their [C]larders

[Verse 7]
[C]And [G]what made me [D]think[Dm]
[D]we're [Dm]any [G]bett[C]er[G]
[Am]And [F]what m[G]ade me t[D]hink
we'd [G]last [C]forever[G]
Was [C]I s[F]o[Em][D]
naïve?
Of course [G]it all [C]unweaves[G]

[Verse 8]
[C]Maypole
[G]May[C]pole
Maypole, you've [G]spun me 'round [F]and
knocked me off my [G]axis mundi
[C]Maypole[G]
[C]Maypole
[G]May[C]pole, the tie[G]s that bind you
[F]will unwind to [G]free me one day
And everything [C]de [G]cays
[Bb]

[Verse 9]
[Am]Pyramids and [Ab]palaces [G]to dus[C]t
Em[G]pires [C]crum[G]bling
[Bb]Wedd[A]ing cake begin s[G][Ab]
to [G]must and [C]molder

[Verse 10]
[C]And what [G]made [C]me [Dm]think
[G]we're any bet[F]ter[C]
[F]And wha[G]t made me thi[Dm]nk[G]
we'd last [C]forever[G]
[F]Was I [G]so[F][Em][C][D]
naïve?

[Interlude 2]
Failing to perceive
[D][G]

[Verse 11]
[C]Maypole [Dsus4]('round g[D]oes[Em][G][C]
[Dsus4]the wheel[D])[Em][C]
[Dsus4]Maypole ([D]'ro[Em]und [C]goes
[D]the[Em] whee[C]l)
Maypole [G](the ties that bind you will un[Em]wind
[G]to free [C]me [D]one[Em] day[C])[Bm][C]
Maypole [G](the ties that bind [G]you will [Em]unwind
[G]to free [C]me [D]one[G] day)
[Am]Maypole [G](th[C]e ties that bind you will[Em]
unwind to free me [C]one [Em]day)
[C]Maypole (the ties that bind you will
unwind to [G]free me one day)
[G]Maypole [C](the ties that bind you will
unwind to [G]free [C]me [Em]one [C]day)
Maypole (the ties that [G]bind you will un
[Em]wind to free [C]me [Em]one [C]day)

[Outro 1]
[G]