The Circle Game chords by
Joni Mitchell

1970•Folk•

Intro 1

Bm

Am

Bm

Am

Bm

Am

G

C

G

Verse 1

G

C

G

Yesterday a child came out to wander

G

C

D

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

G

C

Bm

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

C

G

And tearful at the falling

Bm

Am

G

C

G

of a star

Chorus 1

G

Bm

Am

G

And the seasons they go round and round

And the painted ponies go

Bm

Am

G

up and down

C

G

We're captive on the carousel of time

C

We can't return we can only look

Bm

C

Behind from where we came

G

And go round and round

Bm

Am

G

C

G

and round in the circle game

Verse 2

G

C

Then the child moved ten times

G

'round the seasons

G

C

D

Skated over ten clear frozen streams

G

C

Words like when you're older

Bm

must appease him

C

G

And promises of someday

Bm

Am

G

C

G

make his dreams

Chorus 2

G

Bm

Am

G

And the seasons they go round and round

And the painted ponies go

Bm

Am

G

up and down

C

G

We're captive on the carousel of time

C

We can't return we can only look

Bm

C

Behind from where we came

G

And go round and round

Bm

Am

G

C

G

and round in the circle game

Verse 3

G

C

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers

G

gone now

G

C

Cartwheels turn to car wheels

D

through the town

G

C

And they tell him take your time

Bm

it won't be long now

C

G

'Til you drag your feet to slow

Bm

Am

G

C

G

the cir cles down

Chorus 3

G

Bm

Am

G

And the seasons they go round and round

And the painted ponies go

Bm

Am

G

up and down

C

G

We're captive on the carousel of time

C

We can't return we can only look

Bm

C

Behind from where we came

G

And go round and round

Bm

Am

G

C

G

and round in the circle game

Verse 4

G

C

So the years spin by and now the boy

G

is twenty

G

C

Though his dreams have lost some grandeur

D

coming true

G

C

There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams

Bm

and plenty

C

G

Before the last revolving

Bm

Am

G

C

G

year is through

Chorus 4

G

Bm

Am

G

And the seasons they go round and round

And the painted ponies go

Bm

Am

G

up and down

C

G

We're captive on the carousel of time

C

We can't return we can only look

Bm

C

Behind from where we came

G

And go round and round

Bm

Am

G

C

G

and round in the circle game

Bm

And go round and round

Am

and round in the circle

G

C

G

C

game

G

G

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