Key: B major
Intro 1
D#m
C#m
D#m
C#m
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
Verse 1
B
E
B
Yesterday a child came out to wander
B
E
F#
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
B
E
D#m
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
E
B
And tearful at the falling
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
of a star
Chorus 1
B
D#m
C#m
B
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go
D#m
C#m
B
up and down
E
B
We're captive on the carousel of time
D#m
E
Behind from where we came
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
and round in the circle game
Verse 2
B
E
Then the child moved ten times
B
E
F#
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
B
E
Words like when you're older
E
B
And promises of someday
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
make his dreams
Chorus 2
B
D#m
C#m
B
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go
D#m
C#m
B
up and down
E
B
We're captive on the carousel of time
D#m
E
Behind from where we came
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
and round in the circle game
Verse 3
B
E
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers
B
E
Cartwheels turn to car wheels
B
E
And they tell him take your time
E
B
'Til you drag your feet to slow
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
the cir cles down
Chorus 3
B
D#m
C#m
B
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go
D#m
C#m
B
up and down
E
B
We're captive on the carousel of time
D#m
E
Behind from where we came
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
and round in the circle game
Verse 4
B
E
So the years spin by and now the boy
B
E
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur
B
E
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams
E
B
Before the last revolving
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
year is through
Chorus 4
B
D#m
C#m
B
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go
D#m
C#m
B
up and down
E
B
We're captive on the carousel of time
D#m
E
Behind from where we came
D#m
C#m
B
E
B
and round in the circle game
B
E
B
E
game
B
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD#m C#m B E F#
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