Chords
The Circle Game

Key: C

Introduction:

                             C                                              F                                                                    C                                 G  
          Yesterday a child came out to wonder,
                C                                                         F                                         G            Bb  
          caught a dragonfly inside a jar,
                C                                                            F                                                      Em  
          fearful when the sky was full of thunder,
                                  F                                              C              G                 C  
          and tearful at the falling of a star.
                     C                                                                            F                                                                                    C                              G  
          Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons,
                     C                                    F                                                                      G                      Bb  
          skated over ten clear frozen streams.
                     C                                                                                              F                                                      Em  
          Words like, ?when you?re olderâ?, must appease him,
                                     F                                         C                                    G                                    C  
          and promises of someday make his dreams.
                                          C                                                                 F                                      C  
And the seasons, they go'round and round,
                                        C                                                                    F                            C  
and the painted ponies go up and down,
F                                                                                                                                              C  
          we?re captive on a carousel of time.
F                                                                                                                                                            Em                                                                         F  
          We can?t return, we can only look behind from where we came
                                     C                                                                                                                                              G                 C                         F  C  F  
and go round and round and round In the circle game.
                C                                                                            F                                                                      C                                      G  
          Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now,
                C                                                                 F                                                                                            G                         Bb  
          cartwheels lost to car wheels through the town.
                                                  C                                                                            F                                                            Em  
          And you tell him, ?Take your time, it won?t be long now,
                                                F                                                                 C                         G                      C  
          till you drag your feet to slow the circles down.â?
                                             C                                                            F                                                                         C                    G  
          So the boy could be tomorrow, now he?s twenty,
                                                                  C                                                                                            F                                                              G                    Bb  
          though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true.
                                                                C                                                                              F                                                                            Em  
          There?ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams, and plenty,
                        F                                                         C                         G                            C  
          before the last revolving year is through.
                                          C                                                                 F                                      C  
And the seasons, they go round and round,
                                        C                                                                    F                            C  
and the painted ponies go up and down,
F                                                                                                                                              C  
          we?re captive on the carousel of time.
F                                                                                                                                                            Em                                                                         F  
          We can?t return, we can only look behind from where we came,
                                     C                                                                                      F  
and go round and round and round,
                                     C                                                                                      F  
and go round and round and round,
                                     C                                                                                      F  
and go round and round and round,    (in the circle game).