D           G                 D
Yesterday a child came out to wonder..
               G            A
caught a dragonfly inside a jar.
D                G               D      F#m
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder..
    G              A            D
and tearful at the falling of a star.

[Verse 2]
D                    G                   D
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons..
            G                A
skated over ten clear frozen streams.
D                        G            D          F#m
Words like, 'when you’re older,' must appease him..
    G            A                 D
and promises of ‘someday’ make his dreams.

[Chorus]
D                       G         D
And the seasons they go round and round..
D                         G      D
and the painted ponies go up and down.
G                                D
We’re captive on the carousel of time.
   G                              F#m                  G
We can’t return we can only look, behind from where we came,
       D                   A                   D
and go round and round and round in the circle game.

[Verse 3]
D                   G               D
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now..
                    G                       A
cart wheels lost to car wheels, through the town.
        D                    G                D    F#m
And you tell him, 'take your time it won’t be long now,'
         G                 A                  D
till you drag your feet to slow those circles down.

[Verse 4]
D                         G             D
So, the boy who dreamed tomorrow now is twenty..
                                 G                A
though his dreams have lost some grandeur, coming true.
            D                G              D      F#m
There’ll be new dreams maybe better dreams aplenty..
  G               A               D
before the last revolving year is through.

[Chorus]
D                       G         D
And the seasons they go round and round..
D                         G      D
and the painted ponies go up and down.
G                                D
We’re captive on the carousel of time.
   G                              F#m                  G
We can’t return we can only look, behind from where we came,
       D                   A                   D
and go round and round and round in the circle game.