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Version 1

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X:1
T:The Circle Game
C:Joni Mitchell
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
P:verse
E G C z/2 E/2 | F3/2 E/2E/2 C C/2 | C3/2 (E/2 (E2) | E3/2) G/2G/2 |
w:Yes-ter-day a child came - out to wand-er
E G C E | F3/2 E/2E/2 C C/2 | D4 | D2 
w:Caught a dra-gon-fly in--side a jar --
E G z C/2E/2 | F E/2(C/2 C/2) C3/2 | E2 (G2 | 
w:Fear-ful when the sky was full - of thund - er --
G2) z E/2E/2 | F G F E | C G, E/2 E3/2 | (C4 | C2) z G/2G/2 | 
w:er And - tear-ful at the fal-ling of a star. And the
P:chorus
E G z/2 C/2 E | G F C E/2G/2 | 
w:sea-sons, they go round and round 
w:And the pain-ted po-nies go up and down
z E/2(F/2 F/2)C/2F/2G/2 | A
w:We're cap - tive on the ca-rou-sel of time
z/2 F/2F/2C/2 F3/2 F/4G/4 | A A/2(G/2 G) z/2 C | E G E B | A2
w:We can't re-turn, we can on-ly look - Be-hind, from where we came and go
B G E C | A, C/2C/2 E/2 E3/2 | (C4 | C4 | C2) z2 ||
w:round and round and round, in the cir-cle game
w:
w:%
W:1
W:Yesterday a child came out to wander
W:Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
W:Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
W:And tearful at the falling of a star
W:
W:ch
W:And the seasons, they go round and round
W:And the painted ponies go up and down
W:We're captive on the carousel of time
W:We can't return, we can only look
W:Behind, from where we came
W:And go round and round and round, in the circle game

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Song by Joni Mitchell
Country of origin: USA

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