Use Capo 2 to match Joni's recording.
A x02220
Asus4 x02230
D xx2320
E 022100
Bm x24432
F#m7 242322
C#m x46654
Intro:
a few times
===== Verse 1:
Yesterday A child came out to wonder
Caught A dragon-fly inside A jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star.
===== Chorus:
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.
===== Verse 2:
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 Some day make his dreams.
===== Chorus:
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.
===== Verse 3:
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
'til you drag your feet to slow the circles down.
===== Chorus:
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.
===== Verse 4:
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 re-volving year is through.
===== Chorus:
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.
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.