The Circle Game

[Intro]
| Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A | Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A | Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A | G Cadd9/G |
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[Verse 1]
G           Cadd9/G            G
Yesterday a child  came out to wander
               Cadd9/G       D7
Caught a dragonfly    inside a jar
G                Cadd9/G           Bm
Fearful when the sky    was full of  thunder
    C       Cadd9    G       Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A
And tearful at   the falling of     a
G    Cadd9/G G
 star

[Chorus]
        G
And the seasons,
        Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A G
they go round   and     round
                          Gmaj7/B   Cadd9/A G
And the painted ponies go up     and        down
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We're captive on the carousel of time
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We can't return, we can only look
  Bm                  C
Behind, from where we came
Cadd9   G                   Gmaj7/B       Cadd9/A G  Cadd9/G G
And  go round and round and round, in the circle game

[Verse 2]
G                       Cadd9/G                G
Then the child moved ten       times round the seasons
            Cadd9/G                    D7
Skated over ten    clear frozen streams
G
Words like,
               Cadd9/G     Bm
"When you're older" must appease him
    C    Cadd9   G       Gmaj7/B   Cadd9/A
And promises  of someday make   his
G      Cadd9/G G
 dreams

[Chorus]
        G
And the seasons,
        Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A G
they go round   and     round
                          Gmaj7/B   Cadd9/A G
And the painted ponies go up     and        down
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We're captive on the carousel of time
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We can't return, we can only look
  Bm                  C
Behind, from where we came
Cadd9   G                   Gmaj7/B       Cadd9/A G  Cadd9/G G
And  go round and round and round, in the circle game

[Verse 3]
G              Cadd9/G                        G
Sixteen springs       and sixteen summers gone now
                   Cadd9/G                   D7
Cartwheels turn to car    wheels through the town
         G
And they tell him, "Take your time,
Cadd9/G           Bm
       it won't be  long now
         C         Cadd9   G        Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A G    Cadd9/G G
'Til you drag your feet to slow the cir____cles___  down"

[Chorus]
        G
And the seasons,
        Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A G
they go round   and     round
                          Gmaj7/B   Cadd9/A G
And the painted ponies go up     and        down
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We're captive on the carousel of time
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We can't return, we can only look
  Bm                  C
Behind, from where we came
Cadd9   G                   Gmaj7/B       Cadd9/A G  Cadd9/G
And  go round and round and round, in the circle game

[Verse 4]
G       G                 Cadd9/G           G
 So the years spin by and now    the boy is twenty
                                 Cadd9/G         D7
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
            G
There'll be new dreams,
      Cadd9/G           Bm
maybe better dreams and plenty
  C        Cadd9  G       Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A
Before the last revolving year    is
G       Cadd9/G G
 through

[Chorus]
        G
And the seasons,
        Gmaj7/B Cadd9/A G
they go round   and     round
                          Gmaj7/B   Cadd9/A G
And the painted ponies go up     and        down
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We're captive on the carousel of time
Cadd9/G                                 G
       We can't return, we can only look
  Bm                  C
Behind, from where we came
Cadd9   G                   Gmaj7/B       Cadd9/A G  Cadd9/G
And  go round and round and round, in the circle game

[Outro]
G       Gmaj7/B              Cadd9/A              G   Cadd9/G
 And go round  and round and round, in the circle game
G Cadd9/G G Cadd9/G G Cadd9/G G Cadd9/G G Cadd9/G G