The Circle Game Chords

[Verse 1]
 
  G         C                 G
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
               C            D7
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
G                C               Bm
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
    C              G       Am7  G   C   G
And tearful at the falling of a star
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                        Am7        G
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
                          Am7    G
And the painted ponies go up and down
C                                G
We're captive on the carousel of time
C
We can't return we can only look
  Bm                  C
Be-hind from where we came
        G                     Am7
And go 'round and 'round and 'round
              G   C   G
In the circle game
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G                    C                   G
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
            C                D7
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
G                       C            Bm
Words like "when you're older" must appease him
    C           G       Am7      G     C   G
And promises of someday make his dreams
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                        Am7        G
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
                          Am7    G
And the painted ponies go up and down
C                                G
We're captive on the carousel of time
C
We can't return we can only look
  Bm                  C
Be-hind from where we came
        G                     Am7
And go 'round and 'round and 'round
              G   C   G
In the circle game
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G                   C               G
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
                   C                      D7
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
         G                  C                Bm
And they tell him take your time it won't be long now
         C                 G        Am7     G   C   G
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                        Am7        G
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
                          Am7    G
And the painted ponies go up and down
C                                G
We're captive on the carousel of time
C
We can't return we can only look
  Bm                  C
Be-hind from where we came
        G                     Am7
And go 'round and 'round and 'round
              G   C   G
In the circle game
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
G                        C              G
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
                                 C               D7
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
            G                C                 Bm
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
  C                G        Am7     G      C   G
Be-fore the last re-volving year is through
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G                        Am7        G
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round
                          Am7    G
And the painted ponies go up and down
C                                G
We're captive on the carousel of time
C
We can't return we can only look
  Bm                  C
Be-hind from where we came
        G                    Am7
And go 'round and round and 'round
              G
In the circle game
 
Songwriter:  Joni Mitchell
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