{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":623668,"song":"The Circle Game","artist":"Buffy Sainte-Marie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11574294-the-circle-game-chords-by-buffy-sainte-marie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/623668?type=chord","rating":4.86563,"votes":28,"content":"The Circle Game: Buffy Saint Marie\r\n#76 in 1970\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYesterday a child came out to wonder..[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncaught a dragonfly inside a jar.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFearful when the sky was full of thunder..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand tearful at the falling of a star.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen the child moved ten times round the seasons..[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nskated over ten clear frozen streams.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWords like, 'when you’re older,' must appease him..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand promises of ‘someday’ make his dreams.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the seasons they go round and round..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the painted ponies go up and down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe’re captive on the carousel of time.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe can’t return we can only look, behind from where we came,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand go round and round and round in the circle game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now..[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncart wheels lost to car wheels, through the town.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you tell him, 'take your time it won’t be long now,'[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\ntill you drag your feet to slow those circles down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo, the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty..[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthough his dreams have lost some grandeur, coming true.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere’ll be new dreams maybe better dreams aplenty..[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbefore the last revolving year is through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the seasons they go round and round..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the painted ponies go up and down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe’re captive on the carousel of time.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe can’t return we can only look, behind from where we came,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand go round and round and round in the circle game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"The Circle Game: Buffy Saint Marie\n#76 in 1970\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["D","G","A","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}