Dreidel [Live] chords by Don McLean

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
I feel  (D major) like a spinning top
for a dreidel
The spinning don't stop when
Dm 
D 
you  (D minor) leave the cradle  (D major) 
You just slow down
Dm 
D 
Round  (D minor) and around this world  (D major) you go
Spinning through lives of
the people you know

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Verse 2
We all slow down
G 
 (G major) How you gonna keep on turn
F 
D 
 (F major) ing from day to day  (D major) 
G 
 (G major) How you gonna keep from turn
F 
A 
Bb 
 (F major) ing your life away  (A major)  (B flat major) 
F 
Bb 
No days you can bor (F major) row  (B flat major) 
Gm 
Bb 
No time you can buy  (G minor)  (B flat major) 
F 
No trust in tomorrow  (F major) 
It's a lie
Dm 
Gm 
 (D minor)  (G minor) 

Verse 3
Dm 
D 
Oh  (D minor) I  (D major) feel like a spinning
top for a dreidel
The spinning don't stop when
you leave the cradle
You just slow down
Round and around this world you go
Spinning through lives of
the people you know

Verse 4
We all slow down
G 
 (G major) How you gonna keep on turn
F 
Dm 
D 
 (F major) ing from day  (D minor) to  day  (D major) 
G 
How  (G major) you gonna keep from
F 
turn (F major) ing your life away
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 5
And I feel like I'm a-dipping
and and a-diving
My My sky shoes are spiked
with lead heels
I'm lost in this star car I'm a-driving
But But my air sole keeps
pushing big wheels
Bb 
Gm 
My  (B flat major) world is a constant confusion  (G minor) 
Bb 
Am 
My mind  (B flat major) is prepared to at (A minor) tack
Bb 
C 
My past  (B flat major) a persuasive il (C major) lusion
F 
Am 
Gm 
I'm  (F major) watching the fu (A minor) ture its black  (G minor) 

Verse 6
G 
D 
Gm 
What  (G major) do you  (D major) know  (G minor) 
G 
D 
You  (G major) know just  (D major) what you perceive
G 
Gm 
What can you show  (G major)  (G minor) 
G 
D 
Noth (G major) ing of what you  (D major) believe
G 
Gm 
And  (G major) as you grow  (G minor) 
G 
D 
Each  (G major) thread of life  (D major) that you lead
G 
Will spin around your deeds  (G major) 
D 
G 
 (D major) And dictate your need (G major) s
D 
G 
As you  (D major) sell your soul  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) And you sow your seeds
And you wound yourself
G 
D 
 (G major)  (D major) And your loved one bleeds
G 
And your habits grow  (G major) 
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) And your conscious  (G major) feed (D major) s
On all that you thought you should be
I never thought this could

Verse 7
happen to me-e-e-e-e
D 
 (D major) 
G 
I I I I I  (G major) feel like a spinning top
for a dreidel
The spinning don't stop when
you leave the cradle
You just slow down
Gm 
G 
Round and around  (G minor) this world  (G major) you go
Spinning through lives of
the people you know

Verse 8
We all slow down
C 
 (C major) How you gonna keep on turn
Bb 
G 
 (B flat major) ing from day to day  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) How you gonna keep from turn
Bb 
 (B flat major) ing your life away
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 9
I feel like a spinning top
for a dreidel
The spinning don't stop when
you leave the cradle
You just slow down
You just slow down
You just slow down