G          C        G           C        G    C   G   C
Whirl and swirl and twirl like drops of water
G      C           G               C             G        C
Dance through the fields with your sons and your daughters
G    C             G
Your sons and your daughters
    C                G       C                  G
Are something you've earned, some things you've learned
C                  G              C        G
You might have got burned  but it all gets returned
            Bm                 Am   D
When you're older, we all get older

[Verse 2]

       G     C        G               C        G     C   G   C
If you never knew a child, you should get to know one
        G         C      G          C            G        C
Because time goes on and time don't wait for no one
G     C              G
no it don't wait for no one,
    C      G          C      G
not even a prince Not even a king,
     C                  G              C        G
who's convinced he can bring about changing anything,
                    Bm                                   Am   D C Em D
with a shrug of his shoulders, just a shrug of his shoulders

[Verse 3]

   G         C         G             C         G          C         G     C
So grab your wife, and swim for your life, And try not to touch the bottom
          G             C               G             C            G        C
There are rules you've learned and with luck you will soon have forgot 'em
G                       C          G
And my friends, they're better forgotten,
       C             G     C                 G
Like a split handled hoe A skidoo that won't go
     C             G           C                G
The seeds that you sow and the crops you helped grow
             Bm                               Am   D
Are your own now, and you haven't been shown how

[ Bridge]

G C G C G C G C

[Verse 4]
   G         C          G      C        G    C   G   C
Go round and round, the circle keeps expanding
        G          C           G    C         G        C
Come to learn that no man has total understanding
G    C             G
You learn from your friends,
    C               G          C          G
You learn from your foes, and someone who knows,
     C        G          C        G
And me I suppose Or from any of those,
           Bm                         Am       D
That have neighbours, and we all have neighbours


[Verse 5]

       G     C        G               C        G    C   G   C
So whirl and swirl and twirl like drops of water
G      C           G               C            G        C
Dance through the fields with your sons and your daughters
G    C             G
Your sons and your daughters
    C                G
Are something you've earned
C                  G
Some things you've learned
C                  G
You might have got burned
C                  G
But it all gets returned