Key: G
Introduction:
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E - 022100
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A - x02220
E E7 E E7
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
E E7 E E7
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
E E7 E E7
You just slow down
E E7 E E7
Round and around this world you go
E E7 E E7
Spinning through the lives of the people you know
E E7 E E7
We all slow down
A G E
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
A G B C
How you gonna keep from turning your life away?
C G C Am
No days you can borrow, no time you can buy
C G B
No trust in tomorrow, it's a lie
E E7 E E7
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
E E7 E E7
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
E E7 E E7
You just slow down
E E7 E E7
Round and around this world you go
E E7 E E7
Spinning through the lives of the people you know
E E7 E E7
We all slow down
A G E
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
A G B
How you gonna keep from turning your life away?
B F#m B F#m
And I feel like I'm dippin' and divin'
B F#m B F#m
My sky shoes are spiked with lead heels
B F#m B F#m
I'm lost in this star car am I drivin'
B F#m B F#m
But my air sole keeps pushin' big wheels
C Am
My world is a constant confusion
C Bm
My mind is prepared to attack
C D
My past a persuasive illusion
G D Am
I'm watchin' the future it's black
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
E E7 E E7
Around your deeds and dictate your needs
E E7 E E7
As you sell your soul and you sow your seeds
E E7 E E7
And you wound yourself and your loved one bleed
E E7 E E7
And your habits grow, and your conscience feeds
E E7 E E7
On all that you thought you should be
E E7 E E7 E E7
I never thought this could happen to me
A A7 A A7
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
A A7 A A7
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
A A7 A A7
You just slow down
A A7 A A7
Round and around this world you go
A A7 A A7
Spinning through the lives of the people you know
A A7 A A7
We all slow down
D C A
How you gonna keep on turning from day to day?
D C E
How you gonna keep from turning your life away?
E E7 E E7
I feel like a spinning top or a Dreidel
E E7 E E7
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
E E7 E E7
You just slow down
E E7 E E7
You just slow down
E E7 E E7 E
You just... slow... down...