The Circle Game

Artist: Joni Mitchell (English)
User: fouego
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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 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 is full of thunder,
    C              G       Am7  G     C    G C
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 goes up and down.
     C                 G
     We're captive on the carousel of time.
     C Bm
     We can't return, we can only look behind
                   C
     From where we came,
             G                     Am7                 G    C G
     And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

 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 C
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 goes up and down.
     C                 G
     We're captive on the carousel of time.
     C Bm
     We can't return, we can only look behind
                   C
     From where we came,
             G                     Am7                 G    C G
     And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

 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 C
'Till you drag your feet to slow the circle down."

Chorus:
     G                        Am7         G
     And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round,
                            Am7         G
     And the painted ponies goes up and down.
     C                 G
     We're captive on the carousel of time.
     C Bm
     We can't return, we can only look behind
                   C
     From where we came,
             G                     Am7                 G    C G
     And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

 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 C
Before the last revolving year is through.

Chorus:
     G                        Am7         G
     And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round,
                            Am7         G
     And the painted ponies goes up and down.
     C                 G
     We're captive on the carousel of time.
     C Bm
     We can't return, we can only look behind
                   C
     From where we came,
             G                     Am7                 G    C G
     And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

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