The Circle Game Chords by Joni Mitchell

[Intro]
Bmaj7 C#m7 Bmaj7 C#m7 Bmaj7 B C#m7 B
■     ■    ■     ■    ■     ■ ■    ■


[Verse]
            E                 B     
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
                   F#7      E  
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
B                E       B    D#m       
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
E                  B            E    B
And tearful at the falling of a star ■


[Chorus]
        B                              
And the seasons they go round and round
                          E      B    E
And the painted ponies go up and down ■
                                 B   
We're captive on the carousel of time
E                                D#m   
We can't return we can only look behind
              E   
From where we came
       B                        
And go round and round and round
              E    B
In the circle game ■


[Verse]
                     E         B                
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
            E                F#7     E
Skated over ten clear frozen streams ■
B                      E          D#m        
Words like when you're older must appease him
E               B                      
And promises of someday make his dreams


[Chorus]
        B                              
And the seasons they go round and round
                                 E   
And the painted ponies go up and down
                                 B   
We're captive on the carousel of time
E                                D#m   
We can't return we can only look behind
              E   
From where we came
       B                        
And go round and round and round
       C#m7   B    E B
In the circle game ■ ■


[Verse]
                E                   B       
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
                   E          F#sus4      F#7  E
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town ■
         B       
And they tell him
                        D#m        
Take your time it won't be long now
         E                 B                    
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down


[Chorus]
        B                              
And the seasons they go round and round
                                 E   
And the painted ponies go up and down
                                 B   
We're captive on the carousel of time
E                                D#m   
We can't return we can only look behind
              E   
From where we came
       B                        
And go round and round and round
       C#m7   B    E B
In the circle game ■ ■


[Verse]
                         E           B        
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
                                          E F#sus4 F#7  F#sus4
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur ■ coming true ■     
            B                E             D#m       
There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty
E               B                 E       B
Before the last revolving year is through ■


[Chorus]
        B                              
And the seasons they go round and round
                                 E   
And the painted ponies go up and down
                              B      
We're captive on the carousel of time
E                                D#m   
We can't return we can only look behind
              E   
From where we came
       B                        
And go round and round and round
       C#m7   B   
In the circle game


[Outro]
       Bmaj7               C#m7 
And go round and round and round
       B      E    B E B
In the circle game ■ ■ ■


[End]