Key: E
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 G7M
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
C7M F#7(b5)
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
B7 Gº
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 G7M
Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream
C7M F#m7(b5)
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
B7 Gº
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 G7M
Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that I said
G7 C7M
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 G7M
Half-remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong
C7M F#m7(b5)
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
B7
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Gº
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Em B7
As the images unwind, like the circles that you find
Em Am Em B7Em
In the windmills of your mind
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