The Circle Game

The Circle Game easy guitar chords by Joni Mitchell

1970Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Bm

    2
  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Yesterday 
    child 
    came 
    out 
    to 
    wander 

    Caught 
    dragon
    fly 
    inside 
    jar 


    Fearful 
    when 
    the 
    sky 
    was 
    full 
    of 
    thunder 

    And 
    tearful 
    at 
    the 
    falling 

    of 
    star 

    Chorus 1
    And 
    the 
    seasons 
    they 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    And 
    the 
    painted 
    ponies 
    go 

    up 
    and 
    down 

    We're 
    captive 
    on 
    the 
    carousel 
    of 
    time 

    We 
    can't 
    return 
    we 
    can 
    only 
    look 

    Be
    hind 
    from 
    where 
    we 
    came 

    And 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    and 
    round 
    in 
    the 
    circle 
    game 

    Verse 2
    Then 
    the 
    child 
    moved 
    ten 
    times 

    'round 
    the 
    seasons 

    Skated 
    over 
    ten 
    clear 
    frozen 
    streams 

    Words 
    like 
    when 
    you're 
    older 

    must 
    ap
    pease 
    him 

    And 
    promises 
    of 
    someday 

    make 
    his 
    dreams 

    Chorus 2
    And 
    the 
    seasons 
    they 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    And 
    the 
    painted 
    ponies 
    go 

    up 
    and 
    down 

    We're 
    captive 
    on 
    the 
    carousel 
    of 
    time 

    We 
    can't 
    return 
    we 
    can 
    only 
    look 

    Be
    hind 
    from 
    where 
    we 
    came 

    And 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    and 
    round 
    in 
    the 
    circle 
    game 

    Verse 3
    Sixteen 
    springs 
    and 
    sixteen 
    summers 

    gone 
    now 

    Cartwheels 
    turn 
    to 
    car 
    wheels 

    through 
    the 
    town 

    And 
    they 
    tell 
    him 
    take 
    your 
    time 

    it 
    won't 
    be 
    long 
    now 

    'Til 
    you 
    drag 
    your 
    feet 
    to 
    slow 

    the 
    cir
    cles 
    down 

    Chorus 3
    And 
    the 
    seasons 
    they 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    And 
    the 
    painted 
    ponies 
    go 

    up 
    and 
    down 

    We're 
    captive 
    on 
    the 
    carousel 
    of 
    time 

    We 
    can't 
    return 
    we 
    can 
    only 
    look 

    Be
    hind 
    from 
    where 
    we 
    came 

    And 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    and 
    round 
    in 
    the 
    circle 
    game 

    Verse 4
    So 
    the 
    years 
    spin 
    by 
    and 
    now 
    the 
    boy 

    is 
    twenty 

    Though 
    his 
    dreams 
    have 
    lost 
    some 
    grandeur 

    coming 
    true 

    There'll 
    be 
    new 
    dreams 
    maybe 
    better 
    dreams 

    and 
    plenty 

    Be
    fore 
    the 
    last 
    re
    volving 

    year 
    is 
    through 

    Chorus 4
    And 
    the 
    seasons 
    they 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    And 
    the 
    painted 
    ponies 
    go 

    up 
    and 
    down 

    We're 
    captive 
    on 
    the 
    carousel 
    of 
    time 

    We 
    can't 
    return 
    we 
    can 
    only 
    look 

    Be
    hind 
    from 
    where 
    we 
    came 

    And 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    and 
    round 
    in 
    the 
    circle 
    game 

    And 
    go 
    round 
    and 
    round 

    and 
    round 
    in 
    the 
    circle 

    game 

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