Circle of Steel Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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_ _ _ Rows of [Bb] lights [Eb] in a circle of steel, [F] where you place your bets [Bb] on a great big wheel.
_ [F] High [Eb] windows flickering down through [Bb] the snow, _ [F] a time you know.
_ Sights and sounds [Bb] of the people [F] going [C] round, [Eb] everybody's instead [F] with the season.
_ _ _ _ _ _ A child is born [Eb] to a welfare case, [F] where the rats run around [Bb] like they own the place.
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The room [Eb] is chilly, the building [Bb] is old, _ _ [F] that's how it goes.
A doctor's found [Bb] on his welfare [C] rounds, [Eb] and he comes and he leaves [F] on a double. _ _ _ _
_ _ Deck the halls was [Eb] the song they played [F] in the flat next door, [Bb] where they shout all day.
[F] _ She tips [Eb] her gin bottle back till it's [Bb] gone.
_ [F] The child is strong, a week a day they [Bb] will take [F] it away, [C] for [Eb] they know about all her [F] kind of habits.
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_ _ _ Christmas dawns [Eb] and the snow lets up [F] and the sun hits the handle [Bb] of her heirloom cart.
_ [F] _ She hides [Eb] her face in her hands for [Bb] a while, _ [F] says look here child.
Your father's pride [Bb] was his means to [F] provide, [Eb] and he served them three years for [F] that reason.
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Rows of lights [Eb] in a circle of steel, [F] where you place your bets [Bb] on a great big wheel.
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High [Eb] windows flickering down through the [Bb] snow, _ _ [F] a time you know.
_ Sights and sounds [Bb] of the people [C] going round, [Eb] everybody's instead with [F] the season.
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