The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell (cover)

♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ I've always loved the lyrics to this song. I'm playing it with a capo on the third fret, and playing three main chords to simplify the tune - G,C,D

Yesterday a child came out to wonder,
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar.
Fearful when the sky is full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star.

And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
And the painted ponies go up and down...
We're captive on the carousel of time.
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons,
Skated over ten clear frozen streams.
Words like 'when you're older' must appease him,
And promises of someday make his dreams.

Chorus

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now,
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town.
And they tell him, 'Take your time, it won't be long now,
'Till you drag your feet to slow the circle down.'

Chorus

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty,
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty,
Before the last revolving year is through...

Chorus

Repeat as necessary until your heart is full...hehehe
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[paperbacknovel]

A song about Neil Young. Well done. 

[HINCHCLIFFE69]

Sorry mate, you missed it; to change the time structure alters the song syncronicity.

Try some Crash Test Dummies.

[kcmustang]

great work. this is one of my fav tunes

[yorkheardt]

beautiful on guitar, and lovely feeling in the vocals. I liked that you didn't try to speed up the song too much, like so many covers seem to do.

[clownbabyTMI]

Love it im going to Subscribe :)

[lindapinda]

Great cover Michael :)