Chords for Circle of Steel

_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ Rows of lights [Eb] in a circle of steel
[F] Where you place your bets [Bb] on a great big wheel
[F] _ High [Eb] windows flickering down through [Bb] the snow
_ [F] A time you know
_ Sights and sounds [Bb] of the people going [C] round
[Eb] Everybody's in step [F] with the season
_ _ _ _ _ A child is born [Eb] to a welfare case
[F] Where the rats run around [Bb] like they own the place
[F] _
The room [Eb] is chilly, the building [Bb] is old
_ _ [F] That's how it goes
A doctor's found [Bb] on his welfare [C] grounds
[Eb] And he comes and he leaves [F] on the double _ _ _ _
_ _ Dig the halls was [Eb] the song they played
[F] In the flat next door [Bb] where they shout all day
[F] She takes [Eb] her gin bottle back till [Bb] it's gone
_ [F] The child is strong
A week, a day, they [Bb] will take [C] it away
For [Eb] they know about all her [F] bad habits
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ Christmas dawns [Eb] and the snow lets drop
[F] And the sun hits the handle [Bb] of her railroom car
_ [F] _ She hides [Eb] her face in her hands for [Bb] a while
Says, [F] look here, child
Your father's pride [Bb] was his means to provide
[Eb] And he served them three years for [F] that reason
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Rows of lights [Eb] in a circle of steel
[F] Where you place your bets [Bb] on a great big wheel
[F] _
High [Eb] windows flickering down through [Bb] the snow
A [F] time you know _
Sights and sounds [Bb] of the people [C] going round
[Eb] Everybody's in step [F] with the season
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _