{t:Circle Game - Key of C}
{st:Joni Mitchell (1968)}
{sot}
Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example

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|----I-----------I-------|
|-T-----------------T----|
|-------T----------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
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[/] [C] Yesterday a [/] [F] child came out to [/] [C] wonder [/] [C] [/] 
[/] [C] Caught a dragon [/] [F] fly inside a [/] [G7] jar [/] [G7] [/] 
[/] [C] Fearful when the [/] [F] sky was full of [/] [Em7] thunder [/] [Em7] 
And [/] [F] tearful at the [/] [C] falling [Em7↓] of [F↓] a [/] [C] star [/] [C] [/] 


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And the [/] [C] seasons, they go [/] [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the [/] [C] painted ponies go [/] [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down [/] 
[/] [F] We're captive on a [/] carousel of [/] [C] time [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] We can't return, we can [/] only look be- [/] [Em7] hind from where we [/] [F] came
And go [/] [Em7] 'round and 'round and [/] [F] 'round in the [G7] circle [/] [C] game [/] [C]
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[C] Then the child moved [F] ten times 'round the [C] seasons [C] 
[C] Skated over [F] ten clear frozen [G7] streams [G7]
[C] Words like, when you're [F] older, must [Em7] appease him [Em7]
And [F] promises of [/] [C] someday [Em7↓] make [F↓] his [/] [C] dreams [/] [C]


{soc}
And the [/] [C] seasons, they go [/] [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the [/] [C] painted ponies go [/] [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down [/] 
[/] [F] We're captive on a [/] carousel of [/] [C] time [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] We can't return, we can [/] only look be- [/] [Em7] hind from where we [/] [F] came
And go [/] [Em7] 'round and 'round and [/] [F] 'round in the [G7] circle [/] [C] game [/] [C]
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[C] Sixteen springs and [F] sixteen summers gone [C] now [C]  
[C] Cartwheels turn to [F] car wheels through the [G7] town [G7]
And they [C] tell him, take your [F] time it won't be [Em7] long now [Em7]
'Till you [F] drag your feet to [/] [C] slow the [Em7↓] cir- [F↓] -cles [/] [C] down [/] [C]


{soc}
And the [/] [C] seasons, they go [/] [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the [/] [C] painted ponies go [/] [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down [/] 
[/] [F] We're captive on a [/] carousel of [/] [C] time [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] We can't return, we can [/] only look be- [/] [Em7] hind from where we [/] [F] came
And go [/] [Em7] 'round and 'round and [/] [F] 'round in the [G7] circle [/] [C] game [/] [C]
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So the [C] years spin by and [F] now the boy is [C] twenty [C] 
Though his [C] dreams have lost some [F] grandeur coming [G7] true [G7]
There'll be [C] new dreams, maybe [F] better dreams and [Em7] plenty [Em7]
Be- [F] fore the last re- [/] [C] volving [Em7↓] year [F↓] is [/] [C] through [/] [C]


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And the [/] [C] seasons, they go [/] [Em7↓] round [F↓] and [C] 'round
And the [/] [C] painted ponies go [/] [Em7↓] up [F↓] and [C] down [/] 
[/] [F] We're captive on a [/] carousel of [/] [C] time [/] [C] [/]
[/] [F] We can't return, we can [/] only look be- [/] [Em7] hind from where we [/] [F] came
And go [/] [Em7] 'round and 'round and [/] [F] 'round in the [G7] circle [/] [C] game [/] [C] [/] 
And go [/] [Em7] 'round and 'round and [/] [F] 'round in the circle [/] [C] game [/] [C] [/] [C↓] 
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#Original in key of B. This chart is a semitone higher in C.
#Last Updated 9/11/18 JJ
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