Joni Mitchell – The Circle Game (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (4)

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Chords

This is a beautiful song by Joni Mitchell that sounds great on acoustic. This is an easy tab with great lyrics and a very pretty tune. Have fun! [Verse 1]
A           D                 A       E
Yesterday a child came out to wonder

A              D            E    D E
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

A                D               C#m
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

     D              E           A
And tearful at the falling of a star
[Chorus]
A                         D          A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round

A                         D      A
And the painted ponies go up and down

       D                       A
We're captive on a carousel of time

D                                 C#m                  D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came

D       C#m                   D            E      A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[Verse 2]
A                    D                    A        E
Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons

A           D                E        D E
Skated over ten clear frozen streams

A                        D            C#m
Words like, when you're older, must appease him

    D            E                  A
And promises of someday make his dreams
[Chorus]
A                         D          A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round

A                         D      A
And the painted ponies go up and down

       D                       A
We're captive on a carousel of time

D                                 C#m                  D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came

D       C#m                   D            E      A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[Verse 3]
A                   D                  A      E
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now

A                   D                     E     D E
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town

A                            D                C#m
And they tell him, take your time it won't be long now

          D                  E                A
'Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
[Chorus]
A                         D          A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round

A                         D      A
And the painted ponies go up and down

       D                       A
We're captive on a carousel of time

D                                 C#m                  D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came

D       C#m                   D            E      A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game
[Verse 4]
A                     D              A
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty

A                                 D              E
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true

A                             D                 C#m
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty

    D              E                A
Before the last revolving year is through
[Outro]
A                         D          A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round

A                         D      A
And the painted ponies go up and down

       D                       A
We're captive on a carousel of time

D                                 C#m                  D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came

D       C#m                   D            E      A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game

D       C#m                   D            E      A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game