Cm
[Verse 1]
Cm
Like a circle in a spiral,
Gm
or a wheel within a wheel,
G
Never ending or beginning
Cm
on an ever-spinning reel,
C
Like a snowball down a mountain
C/EFm
or a carnival balloon,
AbBb
Or a carousel that's turning,
Eb
running rings around the moon,
GmAb
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Dm
past the minutes on its face,
G
And the world is like an apple,
F#dim
whirling silently in space,
G
Like the circles that you find
Cm
in the windmills of your mind.
[Verse 2]
Cm
Like a tunnel that you follow
Gm
to a tunnel of its own,
G
Down a hollow to a cavern
Cm
where the sun has never shone,
C
Like a door that keeps revolving
C/EFm
in a half-forgotten dream,
AbBb
Or the ripples from a pebble
Eb
someone tosses in a stream,
GAb
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping,
Dm
past the minutes on its face,
G
And the world is like an apple,
F#dim
whirling silently in space,
G
Like the circles that you find
Cm
in the windmills of your mind.
[Verse 3]
Cm
Keys that jingle in your pocket,
Fm
words that jangle in your head.
Bb
Why did summer go so quickly?
Eb
Was it something that you said?
Eb/Db
Lovers walk along the shoreline,
Ab
leave their footprints in the sand.
D
Was the sound of distant drumming
Gm
just the fingers on your hand?
C
Pictures hanging in a hallway
Fm
and the fragments of a song
AbBb
Half-remembered names and faces,
Gm
but to whom do they belong?
Ab
When you knew that it was over
Dm
in the autumn of goodbyes
Cm/EbG/DCmG/B
For a moment you could not recall
G
the color of his eyes.
[Interlude]
Cm
[Coda]
Cm
Like a circle in a spiral,
G
or a wheel within a wheel,
Never ending or beginning
F#dim
on an ever-spinning reel
Eb
As the images unwind,
G
Like the circles that you find
Cm
In the windmills of your mind.