Circle Game
Joni MitchellVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captured on a carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell him, take your time it won't be long now
'Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
PLAY CHORUS
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
PLAY CHORUS
PLAY LAST LINE OF CHORUS AGAIN
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Readable chord sheet for Circle Game by Joni Mitchell
[A]Yesterday a [D]child came out to [A]wonder [A]Caught a dragon[D]fly inside a [E]jar [A]Fearful when the [D]sky was full of [F#m]thunder And t[D]earful at the f[A]alling [E]of a [A]star [A]Then the child moved [D]ten times 'round the [A]seasons [A]Skated over [D]ten clear frozen [E]streams [A]Words like, when you're o[D]lder, must ap[F#m]pease him And [D]promises of [A]someday [E]make his [A]dreams [A]And the seasons, they go '[E]round and '[A]round [A]And the painted ponies go [E]up and [A]down We're c[D]aptured on a carousel of [A]time [D]We can't return, we can only look [F#m]behind from where we [D]came [D]And go '[F#m]round and 'round and '[D]round in the [E]circle [A]game [A]Sixteen springs and [D]sixteen summers gon[A]e now [A]Cartwheels turn to c[D]ar wheels through the [E]town [A]And they tell him, take your [D]time it won't be [F#m]long now 'Till you [D]drag your feet to [A]slow the [E]circles [A]down PLAY CHORUS [A]So the years spin by a[D]nd now the boy [A]is twenty [A]Though his dreams have lost some g[D]randeur coming [E]true [A]There'll be new dreams, maybe [D]better dreams and [F#m]plenty Befo[D]re the last re[A]volving [E]year is [A]through PLAY CHORUS PLAY LAST LINE OF CHORUS AGAIN