Dreidel
Don McLeanVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down
Round and around this world you go
Spinning through the lives of the people you know
We all slow down
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
How you gonna keep from turning your life away?
No days you can borrow, no time you can buy
No trust in tomorrow, it's a lie
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down
Round and around this world you go
Spinning through the lives of the people you know
We all slow down
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
How you gonna keep from turning your life away?
And I feel like I'm dippin' and divin'
My sky shoes are spiked with lead heels
I'm lost in this star car am I drivin'
But my air sole keeps pushin' big wheels
My world is a constant confusion
My mind is prepared to attack
My past a persuasive illusion
I'm watchin' the future it's black
What do you know?
You know just what you perceive
What can you show?
Nothing of what you believe
And as you grow
Each thread of life that you leave
Will spin
Around your deeds and dictate your needs
As you sell your soul and you sow your seeds
And you wound yourself and your loved one bleed
And your habits grow, and your conscience feeds
On all that you thought you should be
I never thought this could happen to me
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down
Round and around this world you go
Spinning through the lives of the people you know
We all slow down
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
How you gonna keep from turning your life away?
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down
You just slow down
You just... slow... down...
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Readable chord sheet for Dreidel by Don McLean
[E] [E7] I [E]feel like a s[E7]pinning t[E]op or a Dr[E7]eidel The s[E]pinning don't s[E7]top when you l[E]eave the cr[E7]adle You [E]just slow d[E7]own [E] [E7] [E]Round and ar[E7]ound this w[E]orld you g[E7]o S[E]pinning through the l[E7]ives of the p[E]eople you k[E7]now We [E]all slow d[E7]own [E] [E7] [A]How you gonna keep on t[G]urning from day to d[E]ay? [A]How you gonna keep from [G]turning your life a[B]wa[C]y? [C]No days you can b[G]orrow, [C]no time you can [Am]buy [C]No trust in tom[G]orrow, it's a l[B]ie I [E]feel like a s[E7]pinning t[E]op or a Dr[E7]eidel The s[E]pinning don't s[E7]top when you l[E]eave the cr[E7]adle You [E]just slow d[E7]own [E] [E7] [E]Round and ar[E7]ound this w[E]orld you g[E7]o S[E]pinning through the l[E7]ives of the p[E]eople you k[E7]now We [E]all slow d[E7]own [E] [E7] [A]How you gonna keep on t[G]urning from day to d[E]ay? [A]How you gonna keep from [G]turning your life aw[B]ay? And I [B]feel like I'm d[F#m]ippin' and[B] divin' [F#m] My s[B]ky shoes are s[F#m]piked with lead [B]heels [F#m] I'm [B]lost in this s[F#m]tar car am I [B]drivin' [F#m] But my a[B]ir sole keeps [F#m]pushin' big wh[B]eels [F#m] My w[C]orld is a constant con[Am]fusion My m[C]ind is prepared to at[Bm]tack My [C]past a persuasive ill[D]usion I'm w[G]atchin' the f[D]uture it's bl[Am]ack [Am]What do you know? [Am]You know just what you perceive [Am]What can you show? [Am]Nothing of what you believe [Am]And as you grow [Am]Each thread of life that you leave [Am]Will spin Ar[E]ound your d[E7]eeds and dic[E]tate your n[E7]eeds As you [E]sell your s[E7]oul and you s[E]ow your s[E7]eeds And you [E]wound yours[E7]elf and your l[E]oved one bl[E7]eed And your h[E]abits gr[E7]ow, and your c[E]onscience f[E7]eeds On a[E]ll that you th[E7]ought you should [E]be [E7] I never [E]thought this could h[E7]appen to [E]me [E7] [E] [E7] I [A]feel like a sp[A7]inning t[A]op or a Dr[A7]eidel The s[A]pinning don't s[A7]top when you l[A]eave the cr[A7]adle You j[A]ust slow d[A7]own [A] [A7] [A]Round and ar[A7]ound this w[A]orld you g[A7]o Sp[A]inning through the [A7]lives of the [A]people you k[A7]now We [A]all slow d[A7]own [A] [A7] [D]How you gonna keep on t[C]urning from day to d[A]ay? [D]How you gonna keep from t[C]urning your life aw[E]ay? I [E]feel like a s[E7]pinning t[E]op or a Dr[E7]eidel The s[E]pinning don't s[E7]top when you l[E]eave the cr[E7]adle You [E]just slow d[E7]own [E] [E7] You [E]just slow d[E7]own [E] [E7] You [E]just.[E7].. sl[E]ow.[E7].. d[E]own...