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The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell - Guitar Chords
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[Intro]
A D A D
[Verse 1]
A D A A4 A
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
A D E
Caught a dragon-fly inside a jar
A D F#m7
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
D Bm E A
And tearful at the falling of a star.
[Chorus]
A D A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
A D A
And the painted ponies go up and down.
D A A4 A
We're captive on the carousel of time.
D C#m D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
D C#m D E A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.
[Verse 2]
A D A A4 A
Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
A D E
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
A D F#m7
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
D Bm E A
And promises of some day make his dreams.
[Chorus]
A D A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
A D A
And the painted ponies go up and down.
D A A4 A
We're captive on the carousel of time.
D C#m D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
D C#m D E A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.
[Verse 3]
A D A A4 A
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
A D E
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town.
A D F#m7
And they tell him: Take your time. It won't be long now
D Bm E A
'til you drag your feet to slow the circles down.
[Chorus]
A D A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
A D A
And the painted ponies go up and down.
D A A4 A
We're captive on the carousel of time.
D C#m D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
D C#m D E A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.
[Verse 4]
A D A A4 A
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
A D E
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true.
A D F#m7
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
D Bm E A
Before the last revolving year is through.
[Chorus]
A D A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
A D A
And the painted ponies go up and down.
D A A4 A
We're captive on the carousel of time.
D C#m D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
D C#m D E A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.
D C#m D E A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.
We also have 23 songs by Joni Mitchell
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- Both Sides Now
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- California
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- Court And Spark
- Coyote
- Free Man In Paris
- Help Me
- Little Green
- My Old Man
- Peoples Parties
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- Woodstock
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