Gordon Lightfoot - Circle Of Steel

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circle of steel chords
gordon lightfoot

capo iii

D C D G
D G A Cmaj7 D

D C
rows of lights in a circle of steel ,
D G
where you place your bets on a great big wheel
D C G
high windows flickerin’ down through the snow ,
D
a time you know
G A
sights and sounds of the people goin’ ’round ,
Cmaj7 D
everybody’s in step with the season

D C
a child is born to a welfare case ,
D G
where the rats run around like they own the place
D C G
the room is chilly , the building is old ,
D
that’s how it goes
G A
the doctor’s found on his welfare round ,
Cmaj7 D
and he comes and he leaves on the double

D C
deck the halls was the song they played ,
D G
in the flat next door where they shout all day
D C G
she tips her gin bottle back till it’s gone ,
D
the child is strong
G A
a week , a day , they will take it away ,
Cmaj7 D
for they know about all her bad habits

D G A Cmaj7 D

D C
christmas dawns and the snow lets up ,
D G
and the sun hits the handle of her heirloom cup
D C G
she hides her face in her hands for a while ,
D
says look here child
G A
your father’s pride was his means to provide ,
Cmaj7 D
and he’s servin’ three years for that reason

D C
rows of lights in a circle of steel ,
D G
where you place your bets on a great big wheel
D C G
high windows flickerin’ down through the snow ,
D
a time you know
G A
sights and sounds of the people goin’ ’round
Cmaj7 D
everybody’s in step with the season

D G A Cmaj7 D D

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