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The Wheel And The Maypole

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XTC were a rock band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky new wave/punk riffs to lushly-arranged progressive pop. They also drew heavily from vintage pop rock and psychedelia from the 1960s, genres which they began to explore more deeply after creating The Dukes of Stratosphear side-project. While XTC failed to maintain significant commercial success after the 1980s

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

[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