Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: The Circle Game
By:   Tom Rush

[intro:]   |B  |E  |B  |E  |B  |E F#|B |

[verse: 1] 
 B             E                 B      
  Yesterday a child came out to wonder 
B               E             F#   
  Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
B          E                          D#m     
  Fearful   when the sky was full of thunder
E                      F#          B
  And tearful at the falling of a star
 
[chorus:]
          B                F#   E    B
And the seasons, they go round and round
 B                         F# E   B
And the painted ponies go up and down
        E                       B
We're captive on a carousel of time
E                                    D#m                  E     {let ring}
  We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
        D#m            E          F#    B    
And go round and round   in the circle game

[verse: 2]
B                       E                     B
  Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
B             E                    F#   
  Skated over   ten clear frozen streams
B            E                            D#m
  Words like   when you're older, must appease him
E                    F#              B
  And promises of someday make his dreams
 
[verse: 3]
B                           E                  B     
  And sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
B                E                                 F#
  And cartwheels   turn to car wheels through the town
B                               E                D#m
  And they tell him, take your time it won't be long now
E                             F#               B
  Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down


[chorus:]
          B                F#    E    B
And the seasons, they go round and round
B                           F#  E   B
  And the painted ponies go up and down
E                                 B
  We're captive on a carousel of time
E                                   D#m                   E     {let ring}
  We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
        D#m            E          F#    |B   |B   |B  |B  
And go round and round   in the circle game


[verse: 4]
              B              E             B
And so the chilhood dream tomorrow now is twenty 
B                             E                      F#
  Though his dreams have lost  some grandeur coming true
B                              E                D#m
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
E                    F#               B
  Before the last revolving year is through
 
[chorus:]
B                         F#    E    B
And the seasons, they go round and round
B                   F#  E   B
  Painted ponies go up and down
E                                 B
  We're captive on a carousel of time
E                                    D#m                  E    {let ring}
  We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
        D#m            E         F#     B            
And go round and round  in the circle game

[coda:]
        D#m            E          F#    B
And go round and round  
        D#m            E          F#   |B   |B   |B  |B  {finish}
And go round and round   in the circle game





chords:


B       224442  or 799877
D#m     668876
E       022100  or 779997
F#      244322