Key: G
Introduction:
Em B7
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Em
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
E7 Am7
Like a snowball down a mountain or a carnival balloon
D7 G7+
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
C7+ Am6
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
B7 Bbº
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
B7 Em
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
Em B7
Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own
Em
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
E7 Am7
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream
D7 G7+
Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream
C7+ Am6
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
B7 Bbº
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
B7 Em
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
Em Am7
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head
D7 G
Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that I said?
G7 C
Lovers walk along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand
F#7 Bm
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
E7 Am
Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragments of a song
D7 G7+
Half-remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?
C7+ Am6
When you knew that it was over, were you suddenly aware
B7 Em
That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair?
Em B7
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Em
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Bbº B7
As the images unwind, like the circles that you find
Em Am Em B7 Em
In the windmills of your mind
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