The Circle Game Chords by Joni Mitchell

_ [Dbm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[B] This is a song about [Dbm] seasons, circles, [B]
and growing old and growing [Dbm] young. _ _
It's called The Circle Band. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yesterday a child came out to _ wander
_ _ _ _ _ _ Caught a _ _ dragonfly inside a _ jar _ _ _ _ _
Oh, _ _ when the [E] sky was [B] full [Ebm] of thunder _ _ _ _
And [E] _ tearful at the falling [B] of the _ sky _
And _ _ the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a _ carousel [B] of time _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] We can't return, we can only leave
_ [Ebm] Behind from where [E] we came
[B] And go [B] round and round and round in the circle again _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Then the child [E] moved ten times
[B] And found the _ _ _ seasons _ _ _
Scattered over ten _ composing _ streets _ _ _ _ _
Words like, when [E] you're older, _ [Ebm] must appease _ _ him
_ And [E] promises _ [B] of someday make his dreams _ _
_ _ _ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go [E] up and [B] down
[E]
We're captive on a _ carousel [B] of time
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ We can't return, we can only [B] leave
[Ebm] Behind from where [E] we [B] came
And go round and round and round [Db] in the circle [B] _ again
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sixteen springs _ [E] and sixteen [B] summers gone _ now _ _ _
_ _ Cartwheels turn [E] to car wheels [B] through the town
_ _ _ [E] _
And they [B] tell him, take your _
[E] time
It won't [Ebm] be long now
_ _ _ Till you [E] drag your feet [B] to slow _ circles down
_ _ _ _ _ So they spin by _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] and see _ _ _ _ _
Those dreams have lost some _ grandeur Coming _ [E] true _
_ _ [B] There'll be new _ dreams
Maybe better dreams [Ebm] than plenty
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Before the last _ [B] dribble in _ the snow _ _ _ _ _
And the seasons, they go round [B] and round
And the painted ponies go up and _ [E] down
We're captive on a _ carousel [B] of time _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] We can't return, we can only [B] leave
[Ebm] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round
[E] _ _ And go round and _ [E] round _
And [B] go round and round and round in the circle _ again _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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