The Circle Game Chords by Joni Mitchell

_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _
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Yesterday a [F#] child came out to wander _
_ Caught a dragonfly [B] inside a jar
_ _ Fearful when the sky was full [D#m] of thunder
_ _ [E] And tearful at [B] the falling of a star
[B] _
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the pain's a pouring soup up and [E] down
We're captive on a carousel of time _ _
We can't return, we can only look [D#m] behind from where we came
And [B] go round and round and round in a circle [E] game
[B] _ _ Then the child moved [E] ten times [B] round the _ seasons
Scared over ten clear frozen [F#] streams
[B] _
_ _ Words like, when you're older, you must [D#m] appease him
[E] And promises [B] of someday make his _ dreams
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the pain's a pouring soup up and [E] down
We're captive on a carousel [B] of time
_ _ _ [E] We can't return, we can only look [D#m] behind from where we came
And [B] go round and round and round in a circle _ game
_ _ Sixteen [E] springs and sixteen summers [B] gone _ _ now
Cartwheels turn [E] to car wheels [F#] through the town
_ And [B] they tell him, take your time, it [D#m] won't be long now
[F#] Till you drag your feet [B] to slow the circles down
_ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the pain's a pouring soup up and [E] down
We're captive on a [B] carousel of time _
We _ [E] can't return, we can only look [D#m] behind from [B] where we came
And go round and round and round in a circle _ [E] game
[B] So the years spin by and now the boy [B] is twenty
_ Though his dreams have lost some [F#] grandeur coming [B] true
_ There'll be new dreams, [E] maybe better dreams [D#m] than plenty _ _
[E] Before the [B] last revolving year is through
And _ the seasons, they go round and round
And the pain's a pouring soup up and [E] down
We're captive on a [B] carousel of time _ _
[F#] We can't [E] return, we can only look [D#m] behind from where [Em] we came
[B] And go round and round and round in a circle game
_ _ And go round and round [C#m] and round in a circle [B] _ [C#] game _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
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