Chords for "The Circle Game" Joni Mitchell and James Taylor
Tempo:
105.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
C#
D#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And your part [B] goes,
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a carousel [B] of time
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round [C#] and round in a circle [B] gate
Let's try that chorus
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive [C#] on a carousel [B] of time
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where we came
And [B] go round and [C#] round and round in a circle [B] gate
Now I'm losing my voice, so you'll just have to carry the load
Yesterday, a [E] child came out [B] to wonder
Caught a [C#] dragonfly inside a [F#] jar
[B] Fearful, when the [E] sky was [B] full [D#m] of thunder
And [E] fearful at [B] the falling of a star
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a carousel [B] of time
We
[E] can't return, we can only [B] look
[D#m] Behind from where we [E] came
[C#] And go [B] [C#] round and round and round in a circle [B] gate
Then the child moved ten times, found the seasons
Skated over [C#m] ten thin frozen [E] streets
[F#]
[B] Words like, when [E] you're older, must [D#m]
repeat
And [F#] on the sins [B] of some, they make you scream
And the seasons, they go [C#] round and [B] round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a carousel of time
[E]
We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where we [F#] came
And go [B]
round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B]
gate
Sixteen springs, [F#] and sixteen [B] summers gone now
Cartwheels turn [C#m] to car wheels through the [F#]
town
And [B] they tell you, take your time, it won't [D#m] be
[F#] long
Till you bend your feet to [B] slow circles down
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on [F#] a carousel [B] of time
We can't return, we can [C#m] only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#m] And [B] go round and round [C#] and round in a circle [B] gate
[E] [B] So the years spin by, and the [E] [F#] boy [B] is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some [C#m] grandeur
Coming [F#] through the walls
There'll [B] be new dreams, maybe [E] better [B] dreams
[D#m] Twenty years before [F#] the last three
[B] Going through it through
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a [B] carousel of time
[E] We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] [E] gate
[B] And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive [C#m] on a [B] carousel of time
We [E] can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where we [E] came
And go [B] round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] gate
[E] We can't [E] return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#] And [B] go round and round and round in a circle gate
[N]
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a carousel [B] of time
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round [C#] and round in a circle [B] gate
Let's try that chorus
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive [C#] on a carousel [B] of time
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where we came
And [B] go round and [C#] round and round in a circle [B] gate
Now I'm losing my voice, so you'll just have to carry the load
Yesterday, a [E] child came out [B] to wonder
Caught a [C#] dragonfly inside a [F#] jar
[B] Fearful, when the [E] sky was [B] full [D#m] of thunder
And [E] fearful at [B] the falling of a star
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a carousel [B] of time
We
[E] can't return, we can only [B] look
[D#m] Behind from where we [E] came
[C#] And go [B] [C#] round and round and round in a circle [B] gate
Then the child moved ten times, found the seasons
Skated over [C#m] ten thin frozen [E] streets
[F#]
[B] Words like, when [E] you're older, must [D#m]
repeat
And [F#] on the sins [B] of some, they make you scream
And the seasons, they go [C#] round and [B] round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a carousel of time
[E]
We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where we [F#] came
And go [B]
round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B]
gate
Sixteen springs, [F#] and sixteen [B] summers gone now
Cartwheels turn [C#m] to car wheels through the [F#]
town
And [B] they tell you, take your time, it won't [D#m] be
[F#] long
Till you bend your feet to [B] slow circles down
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on [F#] a carousel [B] of time
We can't return, we can [C#m] only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#m] And [B] go round and round [C#] and round in a circle [B] gate
[E] [B] So the years spin by, and the [E] [F#] boy [B] is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some [C#m] grandeur
Coming [F#] through the walls
There'll [B] be new dreams, maybe [E] better [B] dreams
[D#m] Twenty years before [F#] the last three
[B] Going through it through
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive on a [B] carousel of time
[E] We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] [E] gate
[B] And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] We're captive [C#m] on a [B] carousel of time
We [E] can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where we [E] came
And go [B] round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] gate
[E] We can't [E] return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#] And [B] go round and round and round in a circle gate
[N]
Key:
B
E
F#
C#
D#m
B
E
F#
_ _ And your part [B] goes, _
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on a _ carousel [B] of time _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round [C#] and round in a circle [B] gate
Let's try that chorus
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive [C#] on a _ carousel [B] of time _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where we came
And [B] go round and _ [C#] round and round in a circle [B] gate
Now I'm losing my voice, so you'll just have to carry the load _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yesterday, a [E] child came out [B] to wonder _ _ _ _ _
Caught a _ [C#] dragonfly inside a [F#] jar _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ Fearful, when the [E] sky was [B] full [D#m] of _ thunder
_ _ And [E] fearful at [B] the falling of a star
_ _ _ _ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on a _ carousel [B] of time
We _ _ _ _
[E] _ can't return, we can only [B] look _
[D#m] Behind from where we [E] came
[C#] And go [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] round and round and round in a circle [B] gate _ _ _ _ _ _
Then the child moved ten times, found the seasons _ _ _ _ _ _
Skated over [C#m] ten thin frozen [E] streets
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] Words like, when [E] you're older, must [D#m]
repeat
_ _ And _ _ [F#] on the sins [B] of some, they make you scream
_ _ _ _ And the seasons, they go [C#] round and [B] round
And the painted ponies go up and down _
[E] We're captive on a _ carousel of time
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where we [F#] came
And go [B]
round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B]
gate _ _ _ _ _ _
Sixteen springs, _ [F#] and sixteen [B] summers gone now _ _ _ _
Cartwheels turn [C#m] to car wheels through the [F#]
town
_ _ _ And [B] they tell you, take your time, it won't [D#m] be _
[F#] long
_ _ Till you bend your feet to [B] slow _ circles down
_ _ And _ the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on [F#] a carousel [B] of time
_ _ _ _ _ We can't return, we can [C#m] only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#m] And [B] go round and round _ [C#] and round in a circle [B] _ gate
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ So the years spin by, and the [E] _ [F#] boy [B] is twenty _
_ _ _ Though his dreams have lost some [C#m] grandeur
Coming [F#] through the walls
_ There'll [B] be new dreams, maybe [E] better _ [B] dreams
[D#m] Twenty _ years before _ _ [F#] the last three
[B] Going through it through _
_ _ _ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on a [B] carousel of time _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] _ _ [E] gate
[B] _ _ _ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive [C#m] on a _ [B] carousel of time
We _ _ _ _ [E] _ can't return, we can only [B] look
_ [F#] Behind from where we [E] came
And go [B] round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] gate _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] We can't [E] return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#] And [B] go round and round and round in a circle _ gate _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on a _ carousel [B] of time _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round [C#] and round in a circle [B] gate
Let's try that chorus
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive [C#] on a _ carousel [B] of time _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] We can't return, we can only [B] look
[F#] Behind from where we came
And [B] go round and _ [C#] round and round in a circle [B] gate
Now I'm losing my voice, so you'll just have to carry the load _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yesterday, a [E] child came out [B] to wonder _ _ _ _ _
Caught a _ [C#] dragonfly inside a [F#] jar _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ Fearful, when the [E] sky was [B] full [D#m] of _ thunder
_ _ And [E] fearful at [B] the falling of a star
_ _ _ _ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on a _ carousel [B] of time
We _ _ _ _
[E] _ can't return, we can only [B] look _
[D#m] Behind from where we [E] came
[C#] And go [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] round and round and round in a circle [B] gate _ _ _ _ _ _
Then the child moved ten times, found the seasons _ _ _ _ _ _
Skated over [C#m] ten thin frozen [E] streets
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] Words like, when [E] you're older, must [D#m]
repeat
_ _ And _ _ [F#] on the sins [B] of some, they make you scream
_ _ _ _ And the seasons, they go [C#] round and [B] round
And the painted ponies go up and down _
[E] We're captive on a _ carousel of time
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where we [F#] came
And go [B]
round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B]
gate _ _ _ _ _ _
Sixteen springs, _ [F#] and sixteen [B] summers gone now _ _ _ _
Cartwheels turn [C#m] to car wheels through the [F#]
town
_ _ _ And [B] they tell you, take your time, it won't [D#m] be _
[F#] long
_ _ Till you bend your feet to [B] slow _ circles down
_ _ And _ the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on [F#] a carousel [B] of time
_ _ _ _ _ We can't return, we can [C#m] only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#m] And [B] go round and round _ [C#] and round in a circle [B] _ gate
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ So the years spin by, and the [E] _ [F#] boy [B] is twenty _
_ _ _ Though his dreams have lost some [C#m] grandeur
Coming [F#] through the walls
_ There'll [B] be new dreams, maybe [E] better _ [B] dreams
[D#m] Twenty _ years before _ _ [F#] the last three
[B] Going through it through _
_ _ _ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive on a [B] carousel of time _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] We can't return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
And [B] go round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] _ _ [E] gate
[B] _ _ _ And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
[E] _ We're captive [C#m] on a _ [B] carousel of time
We _ _ _ _ [E] _ can't return, we can only [B] look
_ [F#] Behind from where we [E] came
And go [B] round and round and [C#] round in a circle [B] gate _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] We can't [E] return, we can only look
[D#m] Behind from where [E] we came
[F#] And [B] go round and round and round in a circle _ gate _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _