This is a beautiful song by Joni Mitchell that sounds great on acoustic. This is a
easy tab with great lyrics and a very pretty tune. Have fun!


A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)               AYesterday (x02220@1)a child came out to wonder
A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)          ECaught (022100@1)a dragonfly inside a jar
A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)             F#mFearful (244222@1)when the sky was full of thunder
     D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)  AAnd (x02220@1)tearful at the falling of a star

A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                  AThen (x02220@1)the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)              ESkated (022100@1)over ten clear frozen streams
A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)          F#mWords (244222@1)like, when you're older, must appease him
    D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)promises of someday make his dreams

CHORUS:
A (x02220@1)                       E (022100@1)        AAnd (x02220@1)the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
A (x02220@1)                       E (022100@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)the painted ponies go up and down
       D (xx0232@1)                      AWe're (x02220@1)captured on a carousel of time
D (xx0232@1)                               F#m (244222@1)                DWe (xx0232@1)can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
D (xx0232@1)     F#m (244222@1)                 D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game

A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                ASixteen (x02220@1)springs and sixteen summers gone now
A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                   ECartwheels (022100@1)turn to car wheels through the town
A (x02220@1)                          D (xx0232@1)              F#mAnd (244222@1)they tell him, take your time it won't be long now
          D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)     A'Till (x02220@1)you drag your feet to slow the circles down

PLAY CHORUS
A (x02220@1)                   D (xx0232@1)            ASo (x02220@1)the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
A (x02220@1)                               D (xx0232@1)            EThough (022100@1)his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)               F#mThere'll (244222@1)be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
    D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)     ABefore (x02220@1)the last revolving year is through

PLAY CHORUS
PLAY LAST LINE OF CHORUS AGAIN